The WaPo reporting:
Protesters in Albuquerque wrapped a chain around the neck of a bronze statue and began tugging and chanting, “Tear it down,” shortly before sunset on Monday. Their efforts to pull down a monument of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate suddenly stopped as four shots rang out.
Most people instinctively turned toward the noise, videos from the scene show. A few screamed. Just yards away, a group of men sporting militarylike garb and carrying semiautomatic rifles formed a protective circle around the gunman.
The gunshots, which left one man in critical but stable condition, have set off a cascade of public outcry denouncing the unregulated ‘militia’’s presence and the shooting. On Tuesday morning, the Albuquerque Police Department announced that detectives had arrested Stephen Ray Baca, 31, in connection with the shooting.
Baca was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firearm enhancement, according to a criminal complaint.
Please don’t misunderstand. I’m very glad this thug was arrested. I’m also very glad that he was arrested alive even after the shooting began. It shows that at least when it comes to right wing militia types, the police are perfectly capable of capturing even highly dangerous and armed suspects without kneeling on their necks for 9 minutes or shooting them in the back.