THE 59 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS EX-SON-IN-LAW AT A LOCAL CHURCH MONDAY NIGHT IS IN CUSTODY. STATE POLICE ARRESTED WILLIAM CHAVEZ TUESDAY MORNING IN THE TUCUMCARI AREA. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 7:00 MONDAY NIGHT WHILE HE AND FERNANDO GARCIA ARGUED DURING A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH ON MONTGOMERY. THEY FIRST ARGUED INSIDE THE CHURCH, THEN WENT OUTSIDE WHERE WITNESSES SAY CHAVEZ PULLED A GUN.
APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ TELLS US GARCIA IS RECOVERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS SHOULDER. SHE SAYS CHAVEZ MAY HAVE FIRED ANOTHER ROUND, BUT NO ONE WAS HIT. HE FACES A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.
