ONE DEAD AND HALF A DOZEN INJURED IN A SHOOTING ALBUQUERQUE POLICE BELIEVE STARTED AS A BARBECUE AT LOS ALTOS SKATE PARK SUNDAY NIGHT. SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAYS OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE PARK AROUND 9:45 PM. ONE MALE WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE. HIS NAME WON’T BE RELEASED UNTIL NEXT OF KIN IS NOTIFIED. HALF A DOZEN OTHERS WERE TREATED FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS AT LOCAL HOSPITALS.
TIXIER SAYS THERE WERE 30 TO 40 PEOPLE STILL ON SCENE, AND IT WAS CHAOTIC, SO TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM THEM WAS DIFFICULT. HE SAYS IT WAS FURTHER COMPLICATED BY FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE INVOLVED.
DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER IT WAS GANG RELATED … WHO AND HOW MANY SUSPECTS THERE WERE … AND WHAT TRIGGERED THE SHOOTING.
