MOTEL SHOOTING VICTIM IDENTIFIED

 

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE IDENTIFY THE MAN FOUND SHOT AT THE SUPER 8 MOTEL EARLY TUESDAY AS 28 YEAR OLD PAUL AYALA. HE DIED OF HIS WOUNDS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TUESDAY. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE MOTEL AT UNIVERSITY AND CANDELARIA AROUND 5 AM AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE CALLED 911 REPORTING SHOTS FIRED.

WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THE PERSON THEY SAW SHOOT AYALA WAS AN HISPANIC OR BLACK ADULT MALE WEARING A WHITE JERSEY. THEY SAID THE MAN LEFT IN AYALA'S VEHICLE, A SILVER HUMMER H3. THAT VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN FOUND YET AND POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR LEADS IN THE CASE.