Overnight Homicides Update

ALBUQUERQUE – APD homicide detectives are busy investigating two overnight shootings that occurred overnight in the Southeast Area Commands International War Zone District.

124 Pennsylvania S.E.

Detectives are investigating this incident as a murder-suicide in which a 22-year-old male is believed to have killed his siblings before shooting then killing himself.

Officers found a 22-year-old man inside his home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was determined to be deceased. Officers then located the man’s 20-year-old sister and his 17-year-old brother, who were also deceased. 

Homicide detectives are investigating further to determine the circumstances and motive for the shootings.

540 Ortiz Dr., S.E.

Detectives are investing this fatal shooting as a justifiable homicide.

A 77-year-old resident of the apartment complex called police at 4:17 a.m. this morning to report a burglary in progress. The man told police he fired his gun at an intruder who was armed with a knife. He did not know if the intruder was actually injured.

As police arrived, they located an adult male in the street with a gunshot wound. This man found dying in the street was later determined to be the intruder. It was determined that the man in the street died as a result of the gunshot wound.

Detectives are continuing to investigating this shooting. No charges have been filed against the resident who shot the intruder.