Jan. 4—Santa Fe police say a shooting early Saturday morning that left a man wounded by a gunshot prompted an investigation at home on Camino del Bosque that escalated into a SWAT raid.
The city SWAT team descended on the home, 2808 Camino del Bosque, in a neighborhood near the intersection of Zia and Rodeo roads, and 16 people were taken into custody, police said.
Donald Levering, who lives a few houses down from the crime scene, said neighbors had been calling attention to the house for years over concerns about potential crimes.
“It’s quite something, waking up and seeing the block filled up with all kinds of police,” said Jane Schoenfeld, who lives with Levering. Officers first arrived around 5:45 Saturday morning, she added.
Santa Fe police Chief Paul Joye said the wounded man had been taken to Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center for treatment of a gunshot to the leg.
The incident led to a SWAT team response because officers believed there were weapons in the home and the people inside were not responding to announcements, Joye said. He provided few other details about the incident but said more information would be released throughout the day.
“In total, it’s still active,” Joye said around 11 a.m. “They just got the people out of the house within the last 30 to 60 minutes.”
The 16 people taken into custody during the incident were being interviewed as part of the ongoing investigation, Joye added.
The incident led to the shutdown of Camino del Bosque from Camino Carlos Rey to Calle de Piñata, the city said in an early morning alert. Neighbors reported multiple responders at the scene, including ambulances and firetrucks, as well as police.
By 12:30 p.m., officers wearing gas masks were hauling a television into the back of a Crime Scene Unit vehicle, and by 12:45 p.m., they had left the scene.
After the suspects were removed from the home, they sat on the curb across the street from the house, said Jo Watanabe, who owns a house there.
“We’re trying to start a family here,” Watanabe said. “We moved from Albuquerque to get away from this stuff, and there it was, in front of our house.”
Watanabe said he and other neighbors had called police about the home multiple times, believing it was “trap house,” with frequent traffic and “sketchy” activity.
“I just hope it’s not a catch-and-release,” Watanabe said. “This neighborhood can’t take more of this.”