Incident

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1-23-2022 New Mexico Albuquerque 1-2

Location

January 23, 2022

Gun Club Rd SW and Shana Ln SW
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Thomas Nunn
Age: 16
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Armed Robbery
Name: Christopher Byers
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Armed Robbery
Name: Elias Acuna-Whitley
Age: 15
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found

Notes

vic found in an open field with multiple GSWs; BCSO 1st homicide of 2022; Byers is hospitalized recovering from a separate shooting; Acuna-Whitley was killed in a separate shooting on 1/26 (alt date 1/25); See incidents 2231721 and 2231734

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: 22 LR

Type: 45 Auto

Sources

URL: https://www.koat.com/article/bsco-first-homicide-2022/38869338

URL: https://www.abqjournal.com/2464280/bcso-ids-16-year-old-as-recent-homicide-victim.html

URL: https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/suspect-charged-for-role-in-16-year-olds-murder-/6387046/?cat=500

URL: https://www.abqjournal.com/2468714/bcso-ids-suspects-in-16-year-olds-slaying.html

URL: https://www.abqjournal.com/2466498/apd-ids-15-year-old-homicide-victim.html

URL: https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/suspect-in-murder-of-16-year-old-transferred-from-hospital-to-jail/6429189/?cat=516

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District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 14
State House District: 10