ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVEN’T MADE ANY ARRESTS YET IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN HIS NORTHEAST HEIGHTS DRIVEWAY LAST FRIDAY. BUT THEY’VE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM, WHO THEY TELL KOB-TV WAS 60 YEAR OLD STEPHEN GERECKE.
IT’S BELIEVED A GANG OF BURGLARS WERE BREAKING INTO GERECKE’S VEHICLE WHEN HE WENT OUTSIDE TO CONFRONT THEM AND WAS SHOT.
APD HAS NO LEADS ON THE THIEVES, WHO MAY HAVE COMMITTED A STRING OF SIMILAR BURGLARIES IN THE AREA. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE AT 242-COPS.
