ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY A MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN IN A PARKING LOT AT 6TH AND COPPER SATURDAY NIGHT. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS, WITH THE HELP OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, POLICE WERE ABLE TO MAKE TWO ARRESTS THE FOLLOWING DAY.
THE TWO ARRESTED ARE 23 YEAR OLD EDWARD CHAVEZ AND 41 YEAR OLD LESLIE MORA. CHAVEZ IS CHARGED WITH MURDER…MORA WITH HARBORING A FELON. THE NAME OF THE VICTIM ISN’T BEING RELEASED.
TIXIER SAYS THEY ALSO HOPE TO ARREST ANOTHER PERSON ON HARBORING A FELON CHARGES. HE SAYS THE CASE WAS BROKEN WHEN APD DETECTIVES WERE CONTACTED BY AN A-T-F AGENT WHO’D BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING BY ANOTHER PERSON.
