At least 3 dead in multiple shootings
It’s not clear whether incidents are related
At least three people were killed and four others wounded in multiple shootings as violence erupted throughout Albuquerque on Thursday night.
“We currently have several shootings located in different area commands within the city,” officer Daren DeAguero, an APD spokesman, told reporters in a news release shortly before 10 p.m.
At least two of those shootings resulted in fatalities or injuries. It’s unclear whether the shootings are related.
The shooting in which the three people were killed occurred in a mobile home park in the 1000 block of Lura Place SW, near Bridge. Two others were also injured in that shooting, one critically.
“The scene is still active, so information is limited at this time, but we do have three individuals that have succumbed to their injuries on scene,” DeAguero said. “Two other individuals have been transported to (University of New Mexico Hospital), and one is listed in critical condition.”
Police vehicles blocked the two entrances into the mobile home park as numerous officers stood guard or worked the crime scene. Several of those officers formed a line near the crime scene tape.
Dozens of people gathered outside the crime scene, some of them crying and hugging, others talking furiously in hushed voices. A few were visibly agitated and yelled at officers.
Near the east entrance, the headlights of the mobile crime lab illuminated a body lying in the middle of the street beneath a sheet.
One woman, who declined to give her name, told the Journal she has lived in the mobile home park her whole life. She said her younger son called her as she was on her way home and told her there was a fight and gunshots at their neighbor’s house.
She said five people were shot two trailers down. The victims, she said, were four members of the same family — and one of their girlfriends. She said the people killed included two cousins and their grandmother. Another family member and the girlfriend of one of the individuals killed were also shot, she said.
APD had not confirmed those details as of press time.
“We all grew up together,” she said through tears. “We’re all family friends.”
She said her son told her that after the gunshots at least two vehicles drove off.
Another shooting occurred about five miles away at 1919 Ladera NW.
DeAguero said two people were shot in that incident and officers were attempting to piece together what happened.
“Preliminary information is that two individuals were involved,” he said, adding that one of those individuals drove to the Walmart at Coors and Ouray — about 2 miles away. That’s where police made initial contact with the individual.
Another individual was found at the Ladera address. Both were taken to a hospital “and their condition is unknown,” DeAguero said.
DeAguero said he was working on getting more information about the shootings.
Neighbors told the Journal they heard at least four gunshots, which they thought were fireworks, before police swarmed an apartment complex parking lot just off Ladera.
Officers had taped off most of the parking lot and were walking through the scene with flashlights. Three officers could be seen walking around a cardboard box and a rock, which they were using as makeshift evidence markers.
Police had not released information on any other shootings as of press time.