Body cam shows man armed with a black key fob with a red metal lock is shot by Albuquerque police

0:00 - Body cam 1
0:23 - Shooting
2:18 - Body cam 2
3:22 - Shooting
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Around 9:45 p.m. on April 12 officers found a red Chevy Volt on Central and Pennsylvania that had been reported stolen in Santa Fe earlier in the day.

Hartsock said officers tried to pull the car over but the driver fled. They were able to attach a GPS device called a StarChase to the car. At some point a passenger got out and said his brother Shannon Candelario, from Algodones, was driving. He reportedly said he did not know if he was armed or had any drugs on him.

Officers caught up with 46-year-old Candelario at the Motel 6 on Central and Tramway and watched him enter the lobby.

“Detectives and officers came into the parking lot and — while making the plan to arrest the subject if he walked back out — observed the driver exit the motel and start to walk towards the stolen car,” Hartsock said. “An officer observed the subject put his hand in his pocket and pull out an unknown object in response (to orders) from police to surrender.”

The detectives followed Candelario, their guns drawn. On his lapel camera video Detective Jerry Arnold can be heard saying “I can’t see what’s in his hands. I think it’s a knife” as he follows behind him with his gun drawn.

Then, as Candelario opened the driver’s side door he raised his hand and Detective Damian Lujan — who had approached from the back of the car — fired. Arnold also fired a shot but his bullet hit the car.

Candelario was not armed and instead had been carrying a black key fob with a red metal lock attached to it.

Hartsock said the detective “said in the statement that he thought that he pulled a black handgun out of his pocket.”

Candelario was taken to the hospital and then booked into jail on May 20 for a bench warrant for not complying with pretrial services. He was released Thursday.

He is not facing any charges related to the shooting or car theft and Hartsock said they are still investigating the case. The Journal could not reach Candelario, his family or attorney for comment.

Police did not release photos of Lujan and Arnold because they work in sensitive investigative units — the gun violence street team and the auto theft unit respectively.

Lujan has been with APD since 2007 and has been involved in three previous shootings — in 2011, 2019 and 2020. Arnold has been with APD since 2003 and has not been involved in any previous shootings.

Both detectives are back on duty in their positions.
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