2 charged with killing in trailer

Warrants have been issued for a man and a woman in connection with a man who was killed during a robbery in his trailer two years ago in Albuquerque.

Albuquerque police on Sunday announced that warrants have been issued for Jeffrey Contreras, 27, and Samantha Shull, 34, in connection with the fatal shooting of Mario Delgado Jr., 47, in his mobile home in Albuquerque on Feb. 10, 2021.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court, police determined Contreras and Shull had left Roswell for Albuquerque because Contreras was wanted by authorities in connection with the killing of Johnny Pacheco in Roswell in February 2021.

Contreras and Shull drove to Albuquerque the day after the Pacheco homicide and connected with Delgado, whom Shull knew from a previous relationship, said Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque police spokesman, in a news release.

The police investigation found that Shull contacted Delgado and got his address. She said she went to his house and was invited inside and her and Delgado were talking on his bed when Contreras entered the home and shot Delgado three times in the chest.

A criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court states that Delgado’s father drove by his son’s residence the morning of Feb. 10, 2021 and saw his son’s vehicle, making the father suspicious that his son wasn’t at work. Delgado Sr., entered the home and found his son dead in his bedroom.

Warrants for Contreras and Shull were issued this month, which came after police investigators reviewed phone records obtained from search warrants.

Gallegos said that Contreras is in federal custody on separate charges but is charged with an open count of murder, armed robbery, tampering with evidence and felon in possession of a firearm in connection with Delgado’s death.

Shull is charged with an open count of murder and other charges.