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The sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Department on Wednesday detailed a police shooting that left a man critically injured after he grabbed a gun from his waistband during an altercation with officers last month in Southwest sa国际传媒官网网页入口.

Dwayne Wilson, 53, remains hospitalized almost a month after being shot once in the stomach by officer Serena Garcia. APD spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos said he required additional surgeries after medical complications and is undergoing physical therapy before he is released from the hospital.

The May 24 incident was the first of four police shootings in a two-week span, leading to at least one protest and criticism from City Council. So far this year sa国际传媒官网网页入口 police have shot six people, four of them fatal. 

In a prerecorded statement shown during the news conference, Cmdr. Jeff Barnard said the situation began when police received a 911 call around 4:38 p.m.

The caller, Wilson鈥檚 then-girlfriend, said that Wilson had 鈥渂eat the (expletive)鈥� out of her roughly one hour before she called and refused to let her leave a home in the 6200 block of Gonzales SW, Barnard said. The woman said Wilson also threatened to commit suicide during their altercation. At some point, the woman tried to flee toward a neighbor鈥檚 home before Wilson dragged her back inside. She eventually snuck out and drove to a store, where she waited for police.

鈥淗e was drinking all day, fighting all day, actually fighting for a couple of days, and earlier he just got mad and started beating my face and choked me,鈥� the woman told officers, according to lapel footage released by APD.

The woman told police that Wilson, a convicted felon, was still at her house and was armed with a gun. She stated that Wilson had pulled out the gun multiple times during the day, expressed a desire for "something stupid to happen," and threatened suicide, as recorded in the body camera footage.

Sgt. Albert Simmons and Officer Garcia attempted to call Wilson multiple times before they parked in front of the residence around 7 p.m. and made multiple attempts to get Wilson to surrender, Barnard said.

Wilson first walked out of the house with his hands in the air around 7 p.m. and repeatedly asked to speak to his girlfriend. Lapel footage showed he was not armed at that time.

鈥淒wayne, we just want to get your side of the story,鈥� said Simmons, who is an enhanced crisis intervention officer, in the lapel footage. 鈥淚 need you to come out with your hands up and empty so we can ensure your safety. If you use any force against us, force will be used against you.鈥�

Wilson exited and re-entered the home multiple times during the estimated 22 minutes police interacted with him.

Around 7:08 p.m., Wilson exited the home with a gun tucked into his waistband while Simmons and Garcia warned him not to reach for the weapon or he would be shot. 

鈥淒wayne, I鈥檓 telling you right now that if you reach for that gun, you will be shot man and we don鈥檛 want that,鈥� Simmons said in the lapel footage.

Wilson walked back into the home and Simmons instructed Garcia to shoot Wilson in the chest with less-lethal munition if he exited the house with his hands in the air, according to body camera footage. Wilson again exited the house with the gun in his waistband and began to bring grocery bags inside, ignoring police commands.

Minutes later, Wilson again walked outside and told officers he wanted to speak to his girlfriend. Simmons and Garcia said Wilson would not be able to speak to her until he removed the gun.

鈥淢y job is not to come here and shoot you,鈥� Simmons said to Wilson. 鈥淢y job is to come here and find out what happened. If you could do me the biggest favor, dawg, go inside and put the gun down.鈥�

APD Chief Cecily Barker said that while officers typically do not ask people to go back into a home, they knew nobody else was inside and believed Wilson could be safely taken into custody if he removed the gun from his waist.

Wilson again expressed suicidal ideations and said he did not want to go back to prison before he pulled the gun from his waist and pointed it up in the air, lapel footage showed.

Garcia, who has been with the department since 2024 and has not been involved in any prior police shootings, fired two rounds at Wilson, one striking him in the stomach.

He was taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital and will be booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center once he is released, Barnard said.

Wilson is charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated battery against a household member, battery on a household member, threats or use of a phone to intimidate, aggravated assault on a peace officer and felon in possession of a firearm. 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is working on filing federal charges against Wilson for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Barnard said.

In 2004, Wilson was sentenced to 10 years of incarceration after he was found guilty of criminal sexual penetration and criminal sexual contact of a minor. He was released in 2014 and served a five-year probation, during which he was arrested three times for parole violations.

Between 2014 and 2023, Wilson had three instances of mental-health-related calls for services involving threats of self-harm, Barnard said.

Nakayla McClelland covers crime and breaking news. Reach her at nmcclelland@abqjournal.com or at 505-823-3857.