At around 12:45 PM, officers from the Albuquerque Police Department were dispatched to a shooting at a construction site for new, single floor apartments on the 120 block of La Plata Rd NW. When APD officers arrived, they reportedly discovered a male who had been shot at least once, he was critically injured, and allegedly died at the scene.
We observed neighbors standing out in their yards watching the incident unfold. A witness on scene told our reporter that the shooting purportedly stemmed from a domestic incident.
Homicide detectives and investigators are being called out to the scene.
UPDATE:
APD is telling us, after a preliminary investigation, homicide detectives are considering this shooting as a possible justifiable homicide. A woman appears to have acted in self-defense during an act of domestic violence by her boyfriend. Detectives will continue to investigate the shooting.
This is the fifth homicide since April 2, 2024. On April 2nd, 2024, BCSO responded to a homicide on Corona Ave NE. In this instance, it appears that a son, who was also his mother’s caregiver, allegedly murdered her. On April 6, 2024, APD’s homicide detectives investigated two homicides, one at 525 San Pedro Dr. N.E, which involved Kenneth Ellis, aged 40. The other homicide happened approximately two hours later at 608 Copper Ave. N.W. On April 7, 2024, APD responded to a stabbing homicide at 12805 Dorado Dr. S.E. Today, April 9th, 2024, APD responded to a domestic dispute at the 120 block of La Plata Rd NW. A male was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. APD has declared this incident a justifiable homicide. Nevertheless, the Office of the Medical Investigator categorizes a justifiable homicide as still being a homicide.
[…] responded to a domestic dispute at the 120 block of La Plata Rd NW, on April 9, 2024. Reportedly, a male sustained a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the […]