ALBUQUERQUE POLICE NOW HAVE 19 YEAR OLD LAZARO VIERA IN CUSTODY. THEY SAY HE WAS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT TUESDAY MORNING. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS VIERA IS SUSPECTED OF STABBING HIS MOTHER WITH AN ICE-PICK THEN RUNNING HER OVER WITH A VAN.
TIXIER SAYS THE INCIDENT BEGAN IN THE 300 BLOCK OF PENNSYLVANIA TUESDAY MORNING THEN ENDED AT LOUISIANA AND KATHRYN, OUTSIDE THE SOUTHEAST AREA COMMAND. HE SAYS IT SEEMED THE MOTHER DELIBERATELY DROVE TO THAT LOCATION.
VIERA FACES A FELONY WARRANT FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER. THE VICTIM WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR TREATMENT.