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New Albuquerque Police Shootings Rock Fatigued City

  Within two weeks, two Albuquerque officers have been shot, two Albuquerque officers have been charged with murder and three officers have fired their weapons.

After months without a police shooting, the fatigued New Mexico city is back in the national spotlight following a tumultuous start to 2015. Police say an Albuquerque police officer on Tuesday shot and killed a suspect wearing body armor who fired at police.

On Monday, Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg announced that she was seeking murder charges against two officers for the March shooting of a homeless man.

Meanwhile, the city of Albuquerque and the U.S. Justice Department are working to decide on a monitoring team that would oversee the troubled police force.

Advocates are vowing to resume protests.

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