MORE INFORMATION BEING RELEASED ON WAID MELTON, THE MAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING THREE PEOPLE AT THE BEN E. KEITH WAREHOUSE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE THIS PAST MONDAY. HE TOLD AN APD CRISIS NEGOTIATOR THAT HE’S BEEN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS FOR A LONG TIME AND HEARD VOICES BEFORE THE SHOOTINGS OCCURRED.
MELTON DID COMMENT TO THE NEGOTIATOR THAT HE HOPED THE PEOPLE HE SHOT WILL LIVE AND ASKED HOW THEY WERE.
MELTON WAS FOUND DEAD MONDAY AROUND MIDNIGHT AFTER TAKING HIS OWN LIFE NEAR PLACITAS
MEANWHILE, A SEARCH OF MELTON’S HOME BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE TURNED UP BOTH FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION, AMONG OTHER ITEMS. APD OFFICERS RECOVERED FROM HIS HOME SPENT .38 CALIBRE CASINGS … A RUGER MINI 14 HIGH CAPACITY RIFLE THAT WAS LOADED AND READY TO GO … A LOADED 22 CALIBER RIFLE … SEVERAL BOXES OF AMMUNITION, AND A CELL PHONE. OTHER ITEMS FOUND IN THE HOME INCLUDE A SMALL AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS, A GUN CASE AND HOLSTERS, GUN MAGAZINES AND A LAPTOP.
