TWO HOMICIDES IN ALBUQUERQUE OVERNIGHT COULD BE PUSHING THE NUMBER OF MURDERS THIS YEAR TO AN HISTORIC HIGH. ONE PERSON WAS STABBED TO DEATH FOLLOWING A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO BROTHERS. IT HAPPENED ON GIBSON BLVD IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE.
THEN OFFICERS WERE SENT TO A SHOOTING AT FIFTH AND HEADINGLY NORTHWEST. THERE THEY LOCATED A 40 YEAR OLD MAN WHO HAD BEEN SHOT. HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. APD OFFICER TANNER TIXIER SAYS THE TWO MURDERS BRING THE YEARLY TOTAL TO AROUND 69 OR 70, A TOTAL NOT SEEN SINCE THE MID 1990’S.
