Albuquerque, New Mexico
June 15, 2016
Agencies: Albuquerque Police Department New Mexico
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: almost 6 years ago
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Sheriff Manny Gonzales says it started around 7 p.m. Wednesday night when 64-year-old Santiago Romero was shot and killed at the AutoZone at Coors and Rio Bravo. Police say Delfino took off with Romero’s Jeep.
Police were on the lookout for the Jeep when at about midnight, an APD officer spotted the vehicle and tried to stop it. The driver took off leading police on a chase near Central and Unser.
An APD officer was hit in his vest but was not seriously injured.
Delfino was found dead inside the Jeep. The vehicle had caught on fire after going over the spike strip.