Ruben Sanchez, 22, (SOURCE: BCSO)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A late Friday crash in the South Valley escalated into a shooting, leaving one man dead and another charged with murder, according to court records.
Ruben Sanchez, 22, has been booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center and charged with an open count of murder and shooting at or from a motor vehicle in the death of 35-year-old Miguel Gonzales-Munoz.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court:
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Bernalillo County deputies responded around 9:20 p.m. to the 2300 block of Bridge SW, near Old Coors, for reports of a crash and “shots fired.” They found Gonzales-Munoz shot in a crashed SUV.
Created: April 20, 2021 04:36 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The Bernalillo County Sheriff s Office wants to locate a white sedan that was involved in a double homicide.
Witnesses told deputies they saw two or three people in the car fire several shots Monday into an SUV that crashed on Coors near Arenal. When deputies got on scene and saw the vehicle, they had actually witnessed gunshot wounds to both of the deceased males, said Jayme Fuller, spokesperson for BCSO.
The names of the victims will be released after medical investigators confirm their identities.
Monday’s shooting marks the third and fourth homicides of 2021 that BCSO is investigating.
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Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales III announced in a video posted on social media on Monday that he is running for mayor.
Bernalillo County’s top elected law enforcement officer is now campaigning for Albuquerque’s highest-ranking leadership role.
Presenting himself as the tough-on-crime candidate, Sheriff Manuel Gonzales III has officially declared his campaign for Albuquerque mayor. He registered as a candidate more than a month ago, but said in recent weeks he was still only exploring the opportunity.
He finally confirmed his intentions in a video and news release issued Monday.
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“Albuquerque deserves much better than what we are getting,” Gonzales said in the video. “If you look around, you know we have big challenges in the city.”
KOB Web Staff Created: April 14, 2021 05:44 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The Bernalillo County Sheriff s Office is asking people to avoid Menaul between 4th Street and 6th Street
BCSO shut down the area after pursuing a carjacking suspect.
It s not clear if anyone was arrested.
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