Federal and state authorities are investigating five shootings in Albuquerque, N.M., that hit the homes or offices of Democratic lawmakers and whether the incidents are connected or politically motivated.
“We don’t want to speculate that these are related … The investigation hopefully will determine what’s related and what’s not related,” Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said at a news conference Thursday. “I think on the surface, we could all recognize and see that they are all members of the Democratic Party that we know of, so, you know, there’s always that connection, but we don’t know.
Albuquerque FBI Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda said his office is helping to follow the evidence in the case. “And the evidence is going to lead us to exactly the individual or individuals who are responsible for this,” he added. The next incident occurred the following weekend, on Dec. 10, when the campaign office of Torrez, who was elected in November, was shot at several times, police said. Torrez and his staff hadThe third attack happened the next day, on Dec. 11, when more than a dozen bullets hit the home of then-Bernalillo County Commissioner O’Malley in the North Valley area, according to police.
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