Authorities in New Mexico’s largest city Albuquerque, rushed to find out on Friday, September 13, what triggered  separate acts of shootings in city previous night, that killed five people and wounded six ors. leers and residents of city are tired of growing incidents of violence. re were immediate arrests on Thursday night’s shootings. authorities, however, are yet to conclude wher re were any connections between shootings. Deputy Police Chief Harold Medina, called violence “senseless acts” during a news conference early Friday, and Mayor Tim Keller called shootings “appalling.”

Keller said in a statement, “re is much more work to do to tackle crime in our city, we are fed up with gun violence, gang and diction issues gripping parts of our city, and I am determined to keep fighting against violence in our city — on behalf of families who lost loved ones last night and all families who have lost loved ones to violence.” 

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Crime figures in Albuquerque

Statistics released by mayor this summer show a decrease in number of certain violent offenses, including robberies, aggravated assaults and rapes. re were 32 homicides reported in first six months of year and 94 shootings in which people were injured, both less than same period in 2018.

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Chrology of shootings

Thursday night shootings happened in different parts of city over a span of about 90 minutes. Officers responded shortly after 9 p.m. to a call of shots fired at a home in south valley where three people were found de. A fourth died at hospital, and two ors suffered injuries that were t life-threatening. About 15 minutes earlier, officers received a report of gunfire at an apartment complex on Albuquerque’s rthwest side. One person died and three ors were injured, including one person who was in critical condition on Friday. Earlier, at 7:30 p.m., officers went to ar apartment complex on rast side and found a man who was shot in neck after an altercation with a couple who h broken into a neighbour’s apartment and stolen a purse.

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Police h called in ditional resources due to complexity of scenes and detectives were trying to analyze  scenes to get more information.

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