Former Albuquerque city council candidate Steven Baca was charged on Tuesday with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon with a firearm enhancement, for his alleged involvement in a shooting that took place at a protest the day before.
that unfolded at a protest the day before, as videos and witness statements portray a chaotic scene before the gunfire rang out.
The complaint stated that a bystander's cellphone footage showed Baca defending the statue, then leaving the area and heading "toward the street interacting with the crowd." Shortly after that, an undercover detective saw members of what appeared to be the protest group chasing after Baca. Baca then tried to back away while using pepper spray to create distance between himself and the crowd, the witness said.
He allegedly was hit with a longboard by one of the protesters, while he tried to protect his head and body. When a second protester picked up the longboard and swung it at Steven's head a second time, that's when gunshots were heard, according to the complaint. Baca also was taken to the hospital where doctors medically cleared him, before he reportedly declined to give a statement to law enforcement.
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