Grandmother shoots man who allegedly broke into her home while fleeing police (ABQ NM, career criminal on the run)

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | March 23, 2024 | Matthew Reisen / Journal Staff Writer

[CedarDave]

Albuquerque police say a woman trying to protect her 4-yearold grandchild shot an auto theft suspect who twice broke into her home demanding car keys Friday night in the North Valley.

Joseph Rivera, 32, is charged with burglary, attempted burglary and auto theft. Rivera is currently on pretrial release in a July 2023 case in which he was found in a stolen vehicle with fentanyl, cocaine and heroin on him, according to court records.

On Friday, around 8 p.m., police tried to pull over a stolen truck near Central and Cypress and used spike strips to flatten the tires, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court. Police said the driver fled with the truck “on its rims” and crashed it into a curb near Candelaria and Rio Grande NW.

Around 9:30 p.m., a woman called 911 and said she had shot a man in her home ... Police said the woman told them she was with her 4-year-old grandson when she heard someone inside the home. She said she confronted the man, who “appeared to be angry” and told her he “just needed her keys.”

The woman told police she thought about arming herself then but “did not know if she had time to use the weapon” if he also had a gun ... The woman said Rivera took several keys and left.

Police said the woman told them she then grabbed a gun and took her grandchild into the bedroom. She said she then found Rivera back in her hallway, “demanding more keys.”

The woman told police she pointed the gun at Rivera and “told him to get out” but he began approaching her instead, according to the complaint. She said she was scared “he would kill her or her grandchild” and she shot him once.

[CedarDave]

After shooting him, the grandmother attended to his wound and applied pressure until police arrived. An APD spokeswoman said Rivera will be booked into jail after being released from the hospital, where he is being treated.

[RaginRak]

allegedly.......

[RightOnTheBorder]

ABQ, he’ll be out ROR before the hospital is finished spending taxpayer money to treat him.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

After shooting him, the grandmother attended to his wound and applied pressure until police arrived.

I hate stories with unhappy endings.

[TornadoAlley3]

ERPO has entered Grandma in their database.

[DIRTYSECRET]

She did the job police are not allowed to do.

[NorthMountain]

Shrug.

She was on the scene, I was not.

I’m not going to throw rocks at her for treating his gunshot wound. We’d expect the police to do that.

[CedarDave]

Companion opinion piece about the importance of the Second Amendment and NM's governor's attempt to disarm citizens.
ABQ homeowner proves why the Second Amendment shall not be infringed

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[Red Badger]

I’d say, “I’m not a doctor or nurse.”.................

[flamberge]

She said she was scared “he would kill her or her grandchild” and she shot him once.

Good shooting!

ABQ police would most likely have done a mag dump on the perpetrator had they been present.

Granny did everything right, especially her limited statements to the police.

[frank ballenger]

Yes.
We complain about the debt and somebody wastes money on things like this.

I want a refund.

[antidemoncrat]

This might have an unhappy ending for grandma if the perp now finds a lawyer to sue her for violating his civil right to make a dishonest living.

[TangoLimaSierra]

I’m not going to throw rocks at her for treating his gunshot wound.

Probably trying to keep him from bleeding on her plastic rug cover.

[frank ballenger]

Makes me sad.

This country is overcrowded. No need for this.

If he gets his light sentence he will be out looking for fresh innocent victims.

[Bob Wills is still the king]

Good for her, but anybody worth shooting once is worth shooting twice.

[high info voter]

Good gun control!....but poor aim. imho

[DesertRhino]

Don’t screw around with a grandma in the valley in Albuquerque. And to break in AT NIGHT? In Albuquerque?
Very good way to get your lamp blowed out.

[CedarDave]

If he gets his light sentence he will be out looking for fresh innocent victims.

Or him or a crony out looking to get revenge on her for shooting him.

[DesertRhino]

“This might have an unhappy ending for grandma”

Not a chance. Hispanic grandma in Albuquerque, babysitting 4 year old grandson? Take that to court lol. Not a lawyer in town would do THAT case on commission.

[frank ballenger]

True. Excellent point.

That’s also why people don’t testify for the ineffectual law enforcement and judicial system.