ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR RICHARD BERRY MEETS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAJO NATION AFTER THE BRUTAL MURDER OF TWO HOMELESS NAVAJO MEN LAST WEEKEND. NAVAJO PRESIDENT BEN SHELLY REQUESTED THE MEETING AND BERRY TELLS 770 KKOB THEY PLAN TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP HOMELESS NATIVES IN THE CITY.
THE CITY AND NAVAJO LEADERS SPOKE ABOUT THE BRUTAL MURDERS OF ALLISON GORMAN AND KEE THOMPSON AT THE HANDS OF THREE TEENS OVER THE WEEKEND. MAYOR BERRY AND CITY LEADERS PROMISED TO EXPAND SERVICES TO HOMELESS NATIVES AMERICANS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY. BERRY SAYS THE CITY HAS COLLECTED DATA THAT SHOWS NATIVE AMERICANS ARE ON THE STREETS LONGER THAN OTHER POPULATION AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMIZED. HE'S DIRECTED APD TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDERS OF GORMAN AND THOMPSON AS A HATE CRIME.
THE TWO LEADERS ALSO TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING ALBUQUERQUE'S HEADING HOME INITIATIVE.
