Officers surrounded James Boyd as they tried to talk him into surrendering from his campsite in the Sandia foothills. He told officers he didn't want to come down because he feared police would shoot him.
The standoff dragged on for hours, with Boyd threatening to kill officers at one point. Video from a helmet camera shows him gathering his belongings in an apparent agreement to surrender. Officers then opened fire.
The footage went viral, sparking violent demonstrations.
The shooting and efforts to overhaul Albuquerque's troubled police force were among the stories that dominated headlines in 2014.
There was also the re-election of Gov. Susana Martinez, the shifting of power in the state House, a radiation leak at the nation's only underground nuclear waste dump, and an immigration overload that put Artesia in the national spotlight.
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