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Judge: Albuquerque Police Must Release Fatal Shooting Video

A judge has ordered Albuquerque police to release the videos the department says shows a teenager being fatally shot during an altercation at the Los Altos Skate Park last March.

Bernalillo County District Court Judge Victor Lopez on Thursday ordered the police department to fully produce all items sought by Jaquise Lewis' mother and her attorney in April.

Munah Green filed a civil lawsuit against Albuquerque and its police department over the shooting, accusing police of her 17-year-old son's wrongful death and civil rights violations.

The non-jury trial began on Nov. 20.

At the heart of the records request is a cellphone video that police say shows Lewis firing into the crowd and being killed in self-defense.

Some witnesses to the shooting have disputed that it was self-defense, however.

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