2017 IS TURNING OUT TO BE A VERY BAD YEAR FOR HOMICIDES IN ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE SAY 17 YEAR OLD DONALDO YANEZ-REYES DIED TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS SHOT LAST WEEKEND NEAR CENTRAL AND WYOMING. THAT MARKS THE 71ST MURDER OF THE YEAR IN THE DUKE CITY…SURPASSING THE 70 HOMICIDES THAT OCCURED IN 1996. THAT HAD BEEN THE MOST IN MODERN HISTORY.
HOWEVER THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT WHEN POPULATION IS CONSIDERED, THE CITY’S HOMICIDE RATE THIS YEAR IS STILL WELL BELOW THE 1996 LEVEL.
