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Farmington, New Mexico — Farmington Police released videos showing the moments leading up to officers firing on a suspect. Around 4:50 p.m. on April 9, officers observed a man sitting inside a vehicle in a parking lot near the 1700 block of East 20th Street. They recognized him as 21-year-old Charlie Thompson who was wanted for pointing a gun at two teens in March and pistol-whipping one of them. Thompson was known to officers to be armed. When officers attempted to contact Thompson, he got out of the vehicle and ran southbound across 20th Street, carrying a firearm.
Officers followed Thompson until he stopped on Yucca Avenue, near Sage Drive. Thompson refused to put the weapon down after several requests from the officers. He then moved the gun toward the officers, and two officers fired. Officers immediately rendered aid to Thompson and called for paramedics. He was transported to San Juan Regional Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries. There were no other injuries at the scene. The two officers are on administrative leave, which is the routine procedure of the Farmington Police Department.
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21…and he had such a long and promising criminal career ahead of him…
Oh darn, he died, how sad.
2nd officer sounded like Napoleon dynamite
You have to be an idiot running away from cops carrying a gun. Secondly you have to be an even bigger idiot when the cops order you to drop the gun and you refuse to do so. Unless you have a death wish…
Ahhh yes, subliminal captions. It was kinda hard to pause the video before the intro captions disappeared, let alone read it. lol
Gave us half a second to read that intro lol
Doesn't look to me like he raised his arm but the video wasn't the clearest.
Another thug sent to their forever box.. night night.
Just do as they say whats so damn hard
I love happy endings
If you won't drop a gun by yourself, the cops are going to make you drop it.
If he white guy you will be upset
If he was "only attempting escape", I wonder why he returned to his truck to equip himself with a deadly firearm and stop and square up to the police
One less Democrat voter on the streets 🙂
Why did the cops shoot him? He was only resisting arrest, running in a residential area, and pointing a gun at the police?
Nice work. World wont miss him.
The usual suspect strikes again. bLaCk LiVeS mAtTeR 😂
Good job ðŸ‘
100% suicide by cop and they knew it. Absolutely sucks they have to live with doing something I'm sure none of them wanted to do.
Goodbye dummy.
Cleaning up the streets, one asshole at a time!
Imagine being that young and unable to run away from the cops.