THE TWO SUSPECTS IN MONDAY NIGHT'S BOTCHED ROBBERY IN ALBUQUERQUE'S SOUTH VALLEY MONDAY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THEY ARE 20 YEAR OLD RUBEN LUCERO, WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT WHEN THE CLERK AT PAJARITO CORNER STORE ON ISLETA FIRED SHOTS AT THE DUO. HIS PARTNER, 20 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER GARZA, WAS KILLED.
SHERIFF'S SERGEANT AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS LUCERO AND GARZA WENT INTO THE PAJARITO CORNER STORE EARLY MONDAY EVENING AND DEMANDED MONEY. HE SAYS THEY WERE ARMED WITH A FIREARM AT THE TIME.
WILLIAMSON SAYS THE TWO SUSPECTS SHOT OUT THE SECURITY CAMERA AT THE STORE, THEN POINTED THE GUN AT THE CLERK AS THEY FLED. HE SAYS THAT'S WHEN THE CLERK OPENED FIRE.
LUCERO WILL BE CHARGED WITH MURDER AS GARZA'S DEATH CAME DURING A FELONY CRIME.
