The Albuquerque police officer shot and critically injured during a traffic stop last week succumbed to his injuries early Thursday morning after a 8-day battle for his life, according to the officer’s stepfather.
Officer Daniel Webster, 47, an 8-year-veteran of the department, was pronounced dead at University of New Mexico Hospital at 2:15 a.m., John Hanafin said.
After the shooting Oct. 21, Webster was rushed to UNMH where he underwent two emergency surgeries. He had remained in critical condition in UNMH’s Intensive Care Unit ever since.
Webster was shot multiple times, including at least once in the face, in the parking lot of Walgreens at Eubank and Central as he tried to handcuff a man who was riding a motorcycle with a stolen license plate, according to police.
That man, who police later identified as Davon Lymon, 34, allegedly fired six shots at Webster and then fled into a nearby neighborhood.
Rose Barak, a Veteran’s Affairs nurse who had been shopping at Walgreens, rushed to Webster after the shooting and gave him CPR until paramedics arrived.
Eden publicly thanked her during an emotional press conference at UNMH following the shooting.
Lymon was captured by APD’s canine unit early Thursday morning after an hours-long manhunt. Police said he had a handcuff hanging from his left wrist when they arrested him.
Lymon was taken to the hospital after his arrest due to dog bites to his hand and released into federal custody two days later.
Federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against him last Thursday, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a release that the government plans to prosecute Lymon, a convicted felon, in a program designed to target “the worst of the worst” offenders. He hasn’t been charged with shooting Webster in either federal or state court.
Federal Judge Kirtan Khalsa appointed Lymon a public defender on Monday, and on Tuesday, she ruled he must stay behind bars until his trial on the firearms charge.
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