Death by Cop- 2024

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Dale Meador

Gender : Male

Age : 42

Race : White

Date : 06/20/2024

Location : Interstate 40 and Coors Boulevard NW

City : Albuquerque

County : Bernalillo

State : New Mexico

Agency : Albuquerque Police Department, SWAT

Officer(s) :Zachary Herbst

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed during police chase for stolen car

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Police spotted a stolen vehicle and escalated a chase, placed spike strips that caused a man and woman to flee from the vehicle and continue in a truck. Police chased them to 98th and I-40 where the man held the woman hostage. After a one-hour standoff, a police sniper killed him. It turned out that the gun was only a BB gun and Meador had been unarmed.

Officer Zachary Herbst who killed Dale Meador had also previously killed Emmanuel Campos, 20, on August 16, 2023.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.koat.com/article/albuquerque-deadly-police-shooting/61191991

https://www.yahoo.com/news/apd-swat-officer-shoots-kills-030100548.html

https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/albuquerque-police-to-release-details-on-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-2/

https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/video-car-chase-turns-into-hostage-situation-albuquerque-police-kill-suspect/