Albuquerque –
According to the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office, Eric Ford, 58, of Albuquerque, has pled guilty to Second Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery and Aggravated Assault for a February 11th, 2023 incident that left one man dead and one other wounded.
Ford was inside the Circle K attempting to purchase some items when he was being disruptive and grunting. The store clerk asked Ford to leave the store and he left the store. Ford began to argue with his wife outside of the store. The clerk told Ford to leave or she would call the cops and Ford punched her. The victim, Urisote, asked the clerk if she had been hit and then went outside to tell him not to hit a women. A fight ensued and both were rolling on the ground and the female companion of Ford exited the vehicle and hit the victim, Urisote. That is when the clerk heard a gunshot and then four to five more. Urisote was struck, and a bystander was also hit in the groin by the gunfire.
Ford faces up to 26 years in the Department of Corrections and his sentencing is set up for a later date.