Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) – Albuquerque Police have made an arrest in a homicide that occurred Monday in the Nob Hill area. Officers were called to an apartment complex on Hermosa Drive Northeast shortly after 5 p.m., where they found James Atkinson dead from gunshot wounds.
Police say William Dennis Wick, 60, was taken into custody Tuesday without incident. According to investigators, Wick told police he and Atkinson had lived together and been friends for more than a 13 years. Police say an argument inside the apartment escalated, and Wick admitted to shooting Atkinson.
Wick is being held at MDC on an open count of murder.
