WAID ANTHONY MELTON WAS FOUND DEAD AROUND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY IN HIS VEHICLE NEAR PLACITAS IN SANDOVAL COUNTY. HE’S THE MAN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION AND SHOT THE THREE PEOPLE MONDAY NIGHT AT THE BRIAN E. KEITH WAREHOUSE SOUTH OF GIBSON SOUTHEAST. THAT’S WHERE MELTON WORKED. OFFICERS FOUND HIS BODY NEAR PLACITAS OFF THE NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD OF I-25. NO WORD YET ON CAUSE OF HIS DEATH BUT ITS BEING INVESTIGATED.
THE THREE PEOPLE MELTON SHOT WERE TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND ARE LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. MELTON’S MOTHER GAVE KOB-TV HIS CELL PHONE NUMBER TO PASS ON TO POLICE, BUT IT’S UNKNOWN IF OFFICERS MADE CONTACT WITH HIM.
