BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING SUSPICIOUS MATERIALS THEY SAY COULD BE USED TO MAKE BOMBS. THE MATERIALS WERE FOUND IN THE NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE HOME OF A MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING.
DEPUTIES WERE SENT TO FOREST ROAD 462, NEAR THE COYOTE TRAILHEAD, THURSDAY AFTER GETTING REPORTS OF A SHOOTING THERE. SGT AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS THEY FOUND TWO PEOPLE SHOT. THE MAN … 32 YEAR OLD JUSTIN BUTLER … DIED AT THE SCENE AND A WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO UNMH.
WILLIAMSON SAYS THE BOMB SQUAD WAS SENT IN TO DEAL WITH THE MATERIALS FOUND IN BUTLER’S HOME. THEY INCLUDED VARIOUS POWDERS AND DEVICES THAT SEEMED TO BE HOMEMADE BOMBS. NEARBY HOMES WERE EVACUATED BUT RESIDENTS WERE ALLOWED BACK IN ONCE THE BOMB SQUAD RENDERED EVERYTHING SAFE.
