", This undated file photo released by the City of Espaola shows Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, a planning and land use director who was killed in Albuquerque, N.M., on Aug. 1, 2022. (U.S. District Court/AP). Albuquerque murders: Afghan refugee indicted on third murder count in Muslim murders Muhammad Syed, a 51-year-old Afghan refugee who has lived in An Albuquerque man, Richard Saravia, has pled guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal property damage following a 2021 road rage incident. A 14-year-old New Mexico boy accused of shooting and killing a classmate in 2021 has pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree murder, prosecutors said Thursday, March 2, 2023. Albuquerque Police: Man shoots self, unintentionally kills woman Police say a man shot himself and unintentionally killed a woman when the bullet passed through his Albuquerque Police Deputy Chief of Investigations Cecily Barker holds a flyer with photos of a car wanted in connection with Muslim men murdered as Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham looks on in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Data from FBI UCR Program. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Its similar populations, its similar locations in Albuquerque every year, he says. Homicide List as of 17 May 2021. The son of a New Mexico man suspected of gunning down four Muslim men over the course of several months will remain in custody pending trial for allegedly using a bogus address to buy a gun last year. FILE - This Aug. 9, 2020, still image taken from officer video provided by the Albuquerque Police Department shows the arrest of Muhammad Syed. The car in question, a four-door dark gray or silver-colored Volkswagen sedan, bears tinted windows and is possibly a Jetta. KRQE News 13 reported that 2022 federal fentanyl busts around Albuquerque have been among the largest ever. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Court documents state that two guns purchased by Syed and his father at an Albuquerque gun store in July had been partially painted white. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP). ALBUQUERQUE POLICE REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING VEHICLE OF INTEREST IN MURDERS OF FOUR MUSLIM MEN. But this year also brought homicides at hotels near Los Altos neighborhood near Lomas and Wyoming, a few on the West Side, and a couple of homicides near the Heights. But Gallegos says that while public distrust of APD certainly exists, it isnt a big hinderance to APDs ability to investigate violent crime. In fact, the Albuquerque Police Department counted 10 more homicides than in 2021, the previous record-setting year. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. It isnt violent for you to just sit and smoke weed, but do you have any idea how that got here? he asks. All rights reserved. As for why there were more homicides in 2022, Hartsock explained that theres no single, clear answer. (City of Espaola via AP, File). Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The teen was initially charged with an open count of murder and unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon on school premises. On Aug. 1, the third victim, local city planner Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, was gunned down in the area of Cornell Drive Southeast and Garfield Avenue Southeast, police said. Market data provided by Factset. By this time last year, there were only 18. A motive has not been offered by prosecutors, but police said an "interpersonal conflict" may have led to the shootings. The Albuquerque Police Department will be increasing its "police presence near mosques and Muslim affiliate schools," Keller wrote on Twitter. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Paul Best is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. People see a camera and they feel better, but cameras dont necessarily prevent crime, she says. To some extent, data supports Medinas claim. In 2018, the Albuquerque Police Department began reporting crime statistics using the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Incident-Based Reporting While the killings were initially believed to be the work of a serial killer, the involvement of a sex Casings found at one of the crime scenes also matched a handgun found in the elder Syed's vehicle when he was taken into custody, according to a criminal complaint. Prosecutors also presented prior police reports of Shaheen Syed allegedly beating his father and sister and an unrelated incident in which he and his brother were allegedly involved in a shooting outside a Walmart. The City will also be working with the police departments serving the University of New Mexico and the Albuquerque Public School system, working to ensure students are safely returning to their respective campuses, Keller wrote. Altaf Hussain cries over the grave of his brother Aftab Hussein at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. That puts Albuquerque in the top 10 most violent cities with populations of over 100,000 people. Its been a tough year, Albuquerque Police Department Chief Harold Medina told reporters at a November 8 news conference. or redistributed. This link will take you to a site over which the City of Albuquerque has no control. APD Homicide List for WEB SITE (as of 17MAY2021).pdf ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE) There were more than 100 homicides in Albuquerque this year. Market data provided by Factset. An attorney for Syed did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. By JEFFREY COLLINS and JAMES POLLARD, Associated Press. Medina, the Albuquerque police chief, said he believes the pandemic also is to blame for nationwide spikes in homicides, suicides, drug overdoses and traffic crashes. The Albuquerque Police Department released body camera video of officers arresting the man who is being charged with the murder of two Muslims and suspected of killing two other Muslims. In December, the city named 14 people to its gun violence prevention and intervention task force to come up with recommendations over the next 12 months. Albuquerques geographic location, with a north-south-running freeway and ease of access to the border makes this a thoroughfare and hub for a variety of interstate criminal activity, he says. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexicos largest city recorded 117 killings in 2021, shattering its previous homicide record by 46%. It changed the Hargrove family forever and devastated hundreds of children, parents, school faculty and the community.. On Aug. 1, the third victim, local city planner Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, was gunned down, police said. Fox News' Danielle Wallace and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Police said the victim 13-year-old Bennie Hargrove was trying to protect another boy who was being bullied. So far this year, there has been an uptick in the number of homicides at motels and hotels. Four men all from South Asia and all of whom practice the Muslim faith have been ambushed, shot and killed since November 2021, police have said. The 311 Community Contact Center is a centralized call center for the City of Albuquerque. An Albuquerque man, Richard Saravia, has pled guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal property damage following a 2021 road rage incident. According to the criminal complaint, Syed "waited behind a bush, north of the driveway where Aftab Hussein would park his vehicle. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Altaf Hussain cries over the grave of his brother Aftab Hussein at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, (U.S. District Court), A reporter asked at a press conference earlier this month if Syed, a Sunni Muslim, could have been driven by anger that his daughter married a Shiite Muslim. Albuquerque Community Connect Camera Registry and Integration. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Shaheen Syed, left, possibly helped his father, Muhammad Syed, right, surveillance one of his alleged victims. In 2019, there were KRQE News 13 previously reported that the citys homicide rate was outpacing previous years and that the crimes tend to happen in certain parts of the city. Prosecutors claim that Shaheen Syed spoke with his father when his phone was somewhere in the general area of the Islamic Center of New Mexico and soon after his fathers phone pinged in an area that included Lutheran Family Services. This year began with more homicides than in 2020 and 2019. There is no doubt that we face a tough road ahead. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE RELEASE BODY CAM VIDEO OF MAN SUSPECTED OF MURDERING MUSLIM MEN BEING ARRESTED, And before then, 41-year-old Aftab Hussein was fatally wounded on July 26, 2022. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal via AP). An Imam leads a group of men during the Dhuhr afternoon prayer at the Islamic Center of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, after the fourth Muslim man was murdered in the city. Muhammad Syed, a 51-year-old man who has lived in Albuquerque for about five years, is also suspected in a fourth murder that occurred in November 2021. The August attack left New Mexicos largest school district reeling and marked the second shooting in Albuquerque in less than 24 hours. Albuquerque, however, has seen a bigger rise in homicides than many similarly-sized cities, according to data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association, a group that represents police executives in large cities across the US. Shaheen Syed, 21, pictured in a 2021 Florida drivers license photo included in court documents. Now, the APD is about 200 officers short of being fully staffed, he adds. By August, Albuquerque had already equaled its record for homicides with 81, set in 2019. Aftab Hussein, 41, was shot and killed on July 26 after parking his car near his home. APD sends NIBRS data to the FBI on a semiannual basis and this data is based on the reports available at that point in time. View the sitemap for the City of Albuquerque website. Tuesday marked four days since police received word of their most recent murder. Former FBI investigator Bill Daly breaks down the case as law enforcement investigates the attack. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. This link will take you to a site over which the City of Albuquerque has no control. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE) The man who was murdered outside of a Nob Hill home over the weekend has been identified. The Bernalillo County Sheriffs Office is investigating another 11 homicides in the areas surrounding the city. spoke about why on KRQE News 13s podcast, Rio Bravo Park cleanup will take longer than expected, Gun safety bill passes Senate, faces one more hurdle, Restaurants still struggling to recover from COVID, Roswell PD: Woman steals, drives wrong-way to get, State basketball tournament: Girls first round recap, BCSO: Kids were living in dirty home containing drugs, Local casino hosts National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show, UNM police arrest man for giving false ID, fleeing, Man connected to political shootings to stay behind, Case dismissed for teen accused of taking gun to, Roswell man arrested in shooting of NMSP officers, Rust asst. Court documents filed in federal court provided more details about Naeem Hussain's killing, saying it appeared he had been followed to Lutheran Family Services, the resettlement agency, following funeral services for two of the other shooting victims. https://www.cabq.gov/police/documents/apd-homicide-list-for-web-site-as-of-17may2021.pdf/view, https://www.cabq.gov/@@site-logo/seal-small.png, Documents Related to APD Settlement Agreement, Documents Related to APD's Settlement Agreement, McClendon v. City of Albuquerque Settlement, Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Backlog Reduction Project. 2021 was a record-breaking year for homicides in Albuquerque with 114, the first homicide happened on Jan. 8 and the last Dec. 31. Albuquerque Police Deputy Commander Kyle Hartsock said at the time that "the motives are still being explored fully to understand what they are.". Homicides, of course, contribute to the violent reputation. This year, Albuquerque police have investigated more homicides than any time in the last 35 years. Lawmakers are once again considering a similar measure that would criminalize negligent gun storage in cases where a child brandishes the weapon or uses it to hurt someone. What should I do if I am stopped by a police officer? For years, Albuquerque has had a problem with unsightly property, as reported by KRQE special assignment reporter Gabrielle Burkhart in 2017. KRQE NEWS 13 - Breaking News, Albuquerque News, New Mexico News, Weather, and Videos. The most recent murder took place on Friday evening, when Naeem Hussain, from Pakistan, was discovered fatally woundedin the area of Truman Street and Grand Avenue. "The United States motion boils down to an effort to detain defendant for a crime with which he has not even been charged," Anderson argued, referring to the slayings of the Muslim men. View Albuquerque crime mapping information. Its not clear why New Mexico is particularly prone to violence. All rights reserved. (Credit: Albuquerque Police Department). 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In 2019, there were only 22 homicides by April 18. Detectives on Thursday determined there is a connection between the Aug. 1, 2022, murder of Muhammed Afzaal Hussain, 27, and the July 26, 2022, murder of Aftab Statistics released by Chicago police over the weekend listed 797 homicides 25 more than were recorded in 2020 and the most since 1996. Before those three shootings, 62-year-old Mohammad Ahmadi was discovered shot and killed in the rear parking lot of a halal caf he owned with his brother in November 2021.