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Albuquerque police: Worker shot trying to detain shoplifter

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police say a department store loss prevention officer was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot while attempting to detain a suspected shoplifter.

The shooting occurred Monday at a Dillard’s store at Cottonwood Mall.

Police said the employee suffered a “noncritical wound” but did not provide additional information about the circumstances of the shooting and it wasn’t immediately known whether anyone was arrested.