Officials release tapes of officer involved fatal shooting

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN SANTA FE THAT LEFT ONE HEAVILY ARMED MA...  More »

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON THE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN SANTA FE THAT LEFT ONE HEAVILY ARMED MAN DEAD. BEFORE THE SUSPECT LED POLICE ON A CHASE, HE SHOT A 21-YEAR-OLD. THE VICTIM'S WIFE CALLED 9-1-1. ERIC KAHNERT GOT HIS HANDS ON THE THOSE TAPES, HE JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT THEY SAY, ERIC? WE NOT ONLY HEAR FROM THE SHOOTING VICTIM'S WIFE, BUT NEIGHBORS CALLING IN THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE DESCRIPTION ... AND FROM POLICE INVOLVED IN THE PURSUIT. BUT THERE'S ONE IMPORTANT PART -- AUTHORITIES DID NOT RELEASE. BEFORE THIS DEADLY CHASE ENDED IN SANTA FE ... CHAOTIC CALLS CAME INTO 911 DISPATCHERS. 43:24 'screams' THOSE SCREAMS ARE FROM 21 YEAR OLD MANUEL RAMOS' WIFE. 43:33 'they shot my husband? What happened? They shot my husband.-4' 44:12 'i need you to calm down so I can go through this fast okay.-5' POLICE TELL US RAMOS WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE STOMACH AND WAS UNARMED. 45:41 'is he breathing? No!.-2' POLICE SAY 50 YEAR OLD LUIS LUGO WAS THE TRIGGERMAN. NEIGHBORS ALSO CALLED POLICE WITH THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE DESCRIPTION. 47:39 'it's a dodge black, and he has a camper on his truck.-2' 47:59 'what direction is he going? He's going south.-4' THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON CALLE NUEVA VISTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON ... 52:25 ' we have a pursuit.-2' POLICE QUICKLY SWARMED THE AREA, BUT WERE LED ON A CHASE ALONG RODEO ROAD AND CALLE PAVA. OFFICER 53:01 'maybe we can get somebody to sawmill, they can set up the spike strip for us.-4' WE DON'T HEAR THE EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE ON THE 9- 1-1 TAPES ... THAT PORTION WASN'T RELEASED BY THE SANTA FE REGIONAL COMMAND CENTER. BUT TONIGHT POLICE CONFIRM LUGO WAS ARMED WITH A SHOTGUN, A MAC-9 PISTOL ... AND ANOTHER HANDGUN. POLICE SAY AN AUTOPSY SHOWS LUGO DIED FROM A GUN SHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. POLICE SAY RAMOS AND LUGA GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT ... BUT IT'S UNKNOWN OVER WHAT. FOUR OFFICERS WERE PLACED ON STANDARD LEAVE. WE CHECKED OUT LUIS LUGO'S BACKGROUND ... AND LEARNED HE WAS CONVICTED ON ROBBERY AND BURGLARY CHARGES. HE HAD ALSO BEEN ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER.  « Less