In a July 10 statement, Democratic Mayor Tim Keller intoned, “Every single life is valuable and the loss of any one is devastating to the family and the community. “I know many people in our community are hurting right now and appreciate everyone’s patience while the incident is thoroughly investigated,” said APD Chief Harold Medina. Initial police statements asserted that there were state and federal warrants out for the “violent criminal” Kelley and that “a young person tragically lost his life,” standard fare faithfully repeated by the media. They should not have sat back and waited for them to come out.“ I believe in that situation you save a life and they needed to go in there. … So, for them to wait 40 minutes, that’s just not right. Shela Rosenau, Brett’s aunt, told the Daily Beast, “Forty minutes of smoke inhalation will kill anybody. Neighbors pleaded with them to do something. The police waited for 40 minutes as smoke filled the home before Kelley came out. It was determined later that the teen had died of smoke inhalation. The firefighters discovered Rosenau’s body inside. As firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze, Kelley exited, was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital. A standoff ensued during which police used flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper spray to try to force Kelley from the house.Īt around 3 a.m., smoke was seen coming out of windows and the front of the house became engulfed in flames. Kelley ran into the house, followed by the teen. On the night of July 6, APD and BCSO SWAT team officers approached a house in the city’s southeast quadrant where 27-year-old Qiaunt Kelley was hanging out with Rosenau. The incident sparked protests and demands by civil liberties and police accountability organizations that the state Attorney General’s Office investigate the actions of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) and Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO). Brett Rosenau and his mother Amanda Lopez
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