Tag: Albuquerque

Sources: Body found behind Walmart was decapitated, had genitalia removed
By Justin Matthews | KOAT
ALBUQUERQUE, NM —
UPDATE: Sources tell us the man had been decapitated and had his genitalia removed. They went on to ...

Police: Man Admits to Road Rage Killing of New Mexico Girl
By Mary Hudetz and Bob Seavey | Associated Press
A man confessed to shooting and killing a 4-year-old girl while arguing with her father on an Albu ...

Police: Child dies in road-rage attack on New Mexico freeway
San Francisco Chronicle
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities searched for a suspect in a road-rage shooting Tuesday after the victim — a 4-year-old ...

Trigger-Happy Cop Shot One of His Own and Kept Blasting Away
By Justin Glawe | The Daily Beast
The number of signs that Albuquerque Police Lieutenant Greg Brachle ignored or didn’t see before putting nine .45 ...

Dispatcher tells 911 caller, ‘deal with it yourself’
By Russell Contreras | Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico dispatcher has resigned after telling a panicked 911 caller who was t ...

Albuquerque police charged in homeless killing
BBC News
Two police officers in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will face charges for killing a homeless camper, their lawyers say.
Former detective Keith ...

Police shootings: Albuquerque council meets
By Russell Contreras | Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Security officials escorted some people from an Albuquerque City Council meeting a ...

New Mexico police agency ramps up crisis training
Seattle PI
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque Police Department is stepping up the training of its officers.
Only about a quarter of the a ...

Protest Over ‘Killer Cops’ Triggers Violence in Albuquerque
By Alexander Smith | NBC News
A peaceful protest in the streets of Albuquerque, N.M., descended into a scene of "mayhem" on Sunday as demonstrators t ...