Police killings
2013-2020

Gilbert Zambronio Lovato

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 1/7/2017

Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM
Comanche Rd NE & Carlisle Blvd NE

Gilbert Lovato and his getaway driver, Audrey Hapke, were averaging at least one armed holdup per day in recent weeks, police said. They repeatedly hit local fast food joints throughout Albuquerque, including Twisters, Church's Chicken and McDonald's. Police, who had been on the case for weeks, say they finally caught up with the pair after they fled yet another robbery. Lovato, 38, was shot and killed by undercover detectives who pulled the pair over. Hapke, 35, who police said was driving the getaway car, was not harmed in the shooting and was booked into the county jail.