What happened? Are you okay? >> No. >> Are you on or anything like that? >> Yes. >> I don't want you to do anything stupid. Okay. >> Lemonade juice. Shots fired. Shots fired. >> Let me see your hands. >> Abraham, it's done, man. Let me help you. >> Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023. Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. A 911 call reported a man in an altered state covered in blood with visible wounds walking along the highway. The report indicated he might be under the influence of and behaving erratically. For the officers who received the notification, the immediate priority was to locate the man and determine whether he posed a danger to himself or others. What authorities never imagined was how it would all end. I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime. >> CL, walk back. Walk back. Walk back. Sierra 22 call state police is going to be sending that secondary unit to your location. >> Keep walking. Keep walking. Keep walking. >> Who else is in the car with you? >> That was just me and my friend that was driving in my >> You in the blue Silverado. Roll down your window with your left hand. Open your door. Slowly step out of your car for me. >> 911. >> Okay, I know. I know. Face away from me real quick, boss. Go ahead and put the phone down for me real quick. Okay, do me a favor. Lift up your shirt. Do a spin for me. Now, go ahead and walk back. Go ahead and put your shirt down. Walk back to the sound of my voice. >> Chevy Silverado is also related to the front car. >> Okay. 11. So, >> you by yourself, sir? That's your son in the front? Yeah. >> Yeah, that's my son. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> There's still one in the back. Back of the truck. >> In the back of that. >> Yeah. One of them. One of them. It's in the back of the truck. >> You're coming in. Extremely one. >> Walmart. >> Hey, bro. There's one more in that back in that brown truck. >> Back in the back of the truck. Unable to break the unit on the ship at this time. >> There's one in the back. >> Hey, bro. Are you okay? Officer stopped traffic on Highway 187 and after speaking with several drivers, confirmed that the man was still in the area. Certainty came moments later when out of the darkness emerged the figure of a man walking directly toward the patrol cars. His body covered in blood and visible head injuries. His steps were slow, his expression entirely indifferent, showing no fear or reaction. But who was this man and why was he injured? And equally as important, why was he walking alone down a dark highway at 11 p.m.? >> What's going on? Talk to me. What's What's What's going on? >> Okay. >> What's going on? Talk to me. Have a Have a seat right right here, bro. Have a seat right here, bro. >> No. >> Have a seat right here, bro. What happened? Are you okay? >> No. >> Are you on or anything like that? >> Yes. >> What are you on? When's the last time you that you took, bro? today. >> Today, >> the man admitted to having taken out a that alters perception of reality and can trigger unpredictable reactions. For the officers, this acknowledgement immediately changed their approach. It was no longer only about helping an injured man, but about containing someone under the influence of a substance that could turn any impulse into a real threat. 112, come on. I'm pursuit. Stop. Police. Stop right there. Bro, 10 foot pursuit. South top down 187. [Applause] Lemonade too. S. Shots fired. Shots fired. Bro, >> you good? >> Hold on, bro. Don't go there by yourself. Don't go there by yourself. Hold on. Hit your phone, bro. >> Hit your phone. My phone. Hold on, bro. Hold on. I don't want to hear myself. Hold on. >> After a few minutes of apparent cooperation, the man suddenly turned and ran away from the scene, distancing himself from the officers who were trying to keep him under control. What first seemed like a simple escape attempt took him into the darkness of the road. But instead of disappearing, he circled back through a side path, approaching the area where the patrol vehicles were parked. He managed to reach one of the patrol units, climbed through the passenger side window, and forced his way inside. And in that instant, the suspect seized a service weapon and opened fire, an act that instantly transforms the scene. His actions were not random. Even under the influence of, he showed a clear intention of taking control of a resource that would keep him in power. The chase continued for several minutes until just 200 meters away, he violently crashed into a New Mexico State Police unit. But the case didn't end there. What's that? >> So K, we're clearing the car. Crossfire, bro. >> We're clearing the car. >> Yeah. Okay. I'm right here. I got you. Stand there, bro. Stand there. I got you. >> Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. >> I will blow your god off. Let me see your god hands. >> Where's your police? We'll >> try to get the individual out. You want my contact, bro? You got it. >> Temper trying to get the individual out. >> Where's your gun? >> Let me see your hands. It's right there. We lject [Applause] was armed at the subject was armed. We're trying to secure him. >> Let me see your hands. >> Subject was armed. Trying to secure him. Do you guys need additional units? We're trying to get out. >> Let me see your hands. Tell the guys to get back. >> Get in your vehicle, sir. >> See your hands. >> Let me see your hands. >> Officers ordered him to show his hands, but his response was agonizing screams without any sign of cooperation. Under the influence of the These reactions revealed not only disorientation, but a break with reality. He was not processing commands, only responding to distorted internal impulses. For the officers, that lack of control confirmed that every passing moment increased the risk of an unpredictable and dangerous outcome. >> Let me see your heads. >> Let me see your heads. >> Abraham, it's done, man. Let me help you. I need 24. >> Bro, show me your hands. Please, let me help you, bro. Give me your hands. >> I don't want to hurt you, bro. Give me your hands, please. It's done, bro. Come on. I'm trying to help you, bro. Give me your hands. Let me help you, dude. I know you're probably hurting right now. Let me help you. I can't help you if you can't help yourself, bro. Give me your hands now. I don't want to drag you up, brother. Hurry. Help me help you, bro. Guns up. Glove up. I got guns. Glove up. Watch out. He's moving. He's moving. He's moving. >> Bro, do not do anything stupid. Please. I don't want to hurt you, bro. >> It's maxing black top right there. >> What is it? A rifle? What is it? >> Rifle. >> Oh, you can't reach it anyway. Charge. Can you see on that side? >> Watch your crossfire. Serge. >> I'm aiming forward, sir. My hands right here, bro. You're good. Can you see? Serge >> can't see it, man. Up coming off. Serge, >> anything? >> No, I can't see his hand. It's underneath his head. >> You're good. You're good. >> Is he able to grab a such? >> No. >> Who's that? Just a b. >> Give me your hand. >> I will tase you, bro. Don't let me tase you, brother. Don't let me tase you. >> I don't want to. I'm not going to kill you, brother. I don't want to tase you. >> Listen to me. Let me help you. I can't help you, bro. If you're not going to help yourself. >> Hi, sir. I'm out with the other half. >> Cable. Come closer here. >> Your hands, >> bro. Give me your hands. Is everybody any click. >> This one go. >> Anyone have any left besides the taser? >> I am. I got OC in the car. >> No, bro. What? 22 hours. Can you give me a status update and see if everybody is quarantin? >> It's on them. Sorry. I'm yanking them out now. He's still grabbing on. Let go. >> Let go, bro. >> Get on your belly, bro. Get on your belly. >> Bro, get on your belly. >> I'm right. But are you still requesting native air or just 55? >> Uh just for now all units. >> The struggle lasted several minutes. Once the patrol car was disabled from the crash, officers surrounded the vehicle and tried to pull him out by force. The man, later identified as Abraham Quazada, held on to the interior with calculated resistance, gripping parts of the cabin, tensing his body, and even pretending to be unconscious to complicate his extraction. For the officers, the challenge was twofold. Restrain a man under whose body reacted with erratic but relentless strength and prevent him from reaching anything inside the vehicle that could put anyone at risk. But what had happened and how had he ended up injured on a highway? and how have the situation escalated to him trying to flee inside of a patrol car. >> So, now we'll get into the the incident a little bit. >> Yeah. >> Um, if you could just walk me through it from the start. >> What happened? >> So, first of all, um, I didn't hear it go out on the radio initially. Officer Zabala, I'm sorry, Deputy Zapala is the one who called me and he's like, "Hey, man. We got something crazy. We got uh some guy in the back of a truck northbound on the 187 and that's basically all we had at the moment. Um I was at my office and uh I was kind of like, "Okay, so what's what's the problem?" You know? Yeah. >> So, uh, he then he got on the radio and started asking the questions like, "What does the guy in the truck know the guy in the bed?" >> Mhm. >> What's going on? And, uh, it later dispatch relayed to us that a guy got out of a vehicle and jumped into the bed of another vehicle. And I don't remember who was the initial um RP um the caller if it was the cuz we had two RPs. The guy the the car that the guy got out of initially and then the guy that was driving the truck that the guy jumped in. >> Okay. >> So I don't know who called in first, but they were heading northbound 187. I do know that the believe it was a white car was following the pickup that the guy jumped in and they were just northbound 187. >> Okay. >> Um later it was determined that he thought that he was getting carjacked and he drove off to prevent that from happening, keeping the guy in the bed of the truck. So we were getting constant updates of where they were at on 187. Um, deputies law and I were in route. I was in route from my office. Got behind him. He was a little ways behind in front of me. We got off at the Columbus exit 187. Got on I25 and headed south to try to intercept. We got off at the KOA set up 53 >> 63 >> 63. And then we made a right on 187 which is right around marker 24 25. And uh then we were communicating via radio. We took a right and then as soon as we took a right, dispatch hit us with uh their north of the intersection. So we went up and down down the hill. As I was going southbound, deputies ball was already turning around and then I saw an individual to my left um wave me down near the guard rail. Um let dispatch know that I was getting waved down. made a U-turn and then parked off into the shoulder and at that time he the individual who weighed me down was in the road. Um parked my unit, pulled my window down. I was like, "Hey man, what's going on?" Then I saw that the individual was bloody literally from head to toe. He had blood everywhere, forehead, um face, elbows, knees, feet. Um it's like, "What the hell happened to you?" And before I got in my unit, he's going to be here out with this individual, sent me a 55, described him, a purple shirt, black shorts. Um, send a 55. Got out of my unit. Then I talked out with him. Okay, man. What's going on? Um, and at that point, I think he realized I was a cop and he didn't want nothing to do with me. >> Mhm. >> Um, and then, uh, it's okay. I introduced myself. start. I said, "Hey, what's your name?" And he asked to remain silent. And I said, "Well, you're not in trouble right now. I need to figure out what happened." "Well, what's your name?" And he finally told me his name is Abraham. Introduced myself as Enrique. Like, "What's going on? What happened to you?" Um, he's like, "Sir, I just wanted to I want to remain silent." He's like, "Well, I have an ambulance on the way. I need to know what happened." And he was still in the middle of the road. So, I told him to step in front of my unit to get off the road. Um he we took a couple steps towards my unit and then like hey man just to towards the driver side door like no just step in the front of my unit and he started walking and then kind of veered away from me and started walking northbound. >> So I stayed with him walked with him um hey man I need to know what happened. Are you okay? What's going on? >> Uh he said something in Spanish to let him know I don't speak Spanish. Mhm. >> And he said finally said I did something bad. Um, okay. What'd you do? What'd you do? Um, kept walking north after he started walking away from my unit. We kept walking. And I was like, Abraham, stop. Let me help you. Stop. Let me help you. So that you're going to think I'm crazy or you think I'm crazy. I said, no, I I think you need help. Um, then finally asked him, did you jump in the back? Did you jump out of a truck? And he said, yes. Okay. Why? What were you doing in the truck? Uh he said he did something bad. And I kept asking him what? Then finally he said, "Okay." Um a lot of people do. Cool. Uh let me help you. What kind of did you do? He said, "Um my uh my alertness kind of went up." >> Okay. Um, so I was like, "Okay, well, uh, we can we we can deal with that, man. Just let me help you." Um, he kept walking and then finally at one point I stepped out in front of him and blocked his path and stopped him. I said, "Let me help you. What's going on? Uh, do we have someone you can call? Who are you upset with?" And he said, "His family." Said, "Okay." Um then uh some other words were exchanged. Basically just let me help you. What's going on? Who can I call? And then he walked around me. He kept walking northbound again. Um I uh said what can I do to help you? And I can't remember exactly what led up to it, but eventually he said, "I'm going to meet my savior tonight or I'm going to I need to die or something like that." >> Mhm. >> So, I'm like, "Uh, you know, crap." Um, the whole time I was updating updating dispatch with his name and we're still heading north to send me another unit. Um, as we were walking, um, he says, uh, I asked him, "Is there anybody is do you have family that I can call that's not trying to hurt you, you're not mad at?" And, and he said, "His daughter." Okay. Well, where's your daughter at? And he said, "In Cusus." I was like, "Is that where you're where are you heading to?" In Cusus. So, okay. Well, you're walking in the wrong direction. Let me get you some help. Um, kind of ignored me. Continued walking. And then uh he says uh only my Lord and Savior can can help me. I'm gonna meet him or he's gonna kill me. And I said, "Well, your lord or your savior doesn't doesn't kill people. He ain't going to do it. I'm not going to do it. So, how do you plan on killing yourself tonight, getting killed tonight?" >> And then he kind of avoided the question, kept walking. Then we got I don't know maybe 100 yards 150 yards away from the KOA >> if and that's when uh Risha Ratia I can't say his name as the state police officer arrived on scene. >> So uh he stepped out of his unit. He blocked his path as well. Um that time I kept my flashlight on him. State police officer and I were standing a couple feet apart shoulderto-shoulder said, "Hey, let us help you. What's going on? Are you on?" He said, "Yes, again, I believe >> and uh said, "Well, come off come over to the side of the road. Sit down. We have an illness on the way. Let us help you." And he tried to walk around him. Then state police officer jumped in front of him again or stepped in front of him again. Said, "Hold on. You're not going nowhere. Uh let know. We need to figure out what's going on." And then at that time, Abraham turned around and started running from us. >> The sequence that led the suspect to Highway 187 began hours earlier around 10:30 p.m. According to an official report, he had attempted to jump from a moving truck on I25, south of Truth or Consequences. The driver managed to stop, but the man fled on foot. And moments later, another driver who tried to help him was caught in the confusion. Quazada climbed into the back of the pickup truck and as it moved forward, he jumped out again, vanishing into the darkness. This erratic pattern would lead him into the desert where he crossed through cactus and brush before reaching the asphalt of Highway 187 with thorns embedded in his skin, bleeding wounds, and his body covered in dirt. He finally appeared before the officers who were searching for him. His words, far from clarifying the situation, added to the tension. He kept repeating that he had done something bad and that he had to die that night. And under the influence of and he shifted between uncontrolled flight and gestures of apparent surrender behavior marked by paranoia and self-destructive impulses. The case of Abraham Cuisada showed how a routine police intervention can transform within minutes into a high-risk crisis. What began as reports of an injured, disoriented man ends with gunfire. the theft of a fully equipped patrol car, a high-speed chase, and a crash that endangered both officers and the community. After being subdued and taken into custody, Quisada was charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer, a thirdderee felony, and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, a fourthderee felony. Based on the severity of the events and his history, the potential sentence was estimated at around 4 and 1/2 years in prison. This case also raised concerns about patrol car security and the challenges of responding to individuals under the influence of hallucinagens, serving as a reminder of how thin the line can be between a routine procedure and a life ordeath confrontation.