An internal affairs investigation has resumed after a settlement in a lawsuit alleging that an Albuquerque police officer shot his wife and made it look like a suicide, said Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz.

Officer Levi Chavez II called 911 in October 2007 to report his 26-year-old wife, Tera Chavez, had killed herself. She had a gunshot wound to the mouth from her husband’s service revolver.

Levi Chavez has not been charged with a crime. He remains on the Albuquerque Police Department payroll but works for animal welfare.