Aug 6, 2022
RawNews1st – Police are searching for the shooter, or shooters, believed to be responsible for a string of murders around the New Mexico city.
Police say they have reason to believe the murders were allegedly committed by the same person or persons. The most recent killing came just two days after the Albuquerque Police Department held a press conference with the FBI to announce the possible connection.
“Our city has suffered another tragic loss overnight. Another young man who was part of the Muslim community was murdered. As with the previous three murders we mentioned on Thursday, there’s reason to believe this death is related to those shootings,” Medina said at a news conference Saturday afternoon.
While authorities have declined to reveal any specific evidence, they point to the fact that all of the victims shared a common race and religion.
The city was ramping up patrols in response to the violence.
In addition to FBI assistance, officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the U.S. Marshals Service are helping with the investigation. Police are also consulting with leaders from the Albuquerque Islamic Center, they said.
Asked whether he would say there was a serial killer on the loose, Gilbert Gallegos, the Albuquerque Police Department communications director, said it was too early to use the phrase. Nor could Gallegos say yet whether the homicides qualified as hate crimes.
Police did not immediately release the name of the individual who died most recently, or his manner of death.
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