Police: BB-gun wielder shoots, wounds two
GALLUP, N.M. — A second New Mexico man has been arrested in connection with a string of unrelated shootings that sparked hysteria and led a group of men to arm themselves and patrol Gallup.
The Gallup Independent reports that 22-year-old Mika-John Lowley, of Church Rock, N.M., is being held on $10,000 bond after he was arrested this week for his role in two of the four shootings on March 12.
Gallup Police Department Deputy Chief John Allen said Lowley shot a man pumping gas with a BB gun after he refused to give him money. Allen said Lowley then shot another man in a casino parking lot.
Both victims were treated at local hospitals that night and were released.
It was unclear if Lowley had an attorney.
Lawyer to stay jailed longer than expected
SANTA FE — New Mexico corrections officials say improper phone calls and emails from behind prison walls to media, family and a lawyer will keep former Santa Fe attorney Carlos Fierro in prison at least until September.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that is at least three months longer than Fierro was expecting to remain locked up.
Fierro was sentenced in 2009 to a 7-year prison term in the drunken-driving death of pedestrian William Tenorio.
With good time consideration and credit for time served, Fierro was on pace to be released from the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Los Lunas as early as this spring.
Corrections Department say an investigation discovered Fierro and another inmate were caught improperly using various telecommunications devices from an administrative office at the prison.
Federal probe sought for rash of shootings
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Albuquerque—Activists in Albuquerque are renewing their request for a federal probe after police shot and killed a second person within three days.
State police say Officer Russell Carter shot and killed 45-year-old Gary Atencio on Wednesday after a chase that began after Atencio pulled his car over on a west Albuquerque street and began shooting at his wife.
Carter is a veteran of the Albuquerque Police Department and an active member of its tactical team.
Police Chief Ray Schultz says Carter has been involved in prior shootings, but did not say how many, or if any were fatal.
The fatal shooting of Atencio is the third by Albuquerque police this year and the 18th since 2010.
On Monday, another Albuquerque officer fatally shot a 31-year-old man after he rammed his car into the officer’s vehicle.
Man elbow-drops cop car, police say
On Feb. 12 a UNMPD officer arrived at Lobo Village in reference to damage to a security vehicle, according to a police report. He met with a male who told him that while security was breaking up a party, he saw a male adult dressed in a black hooded sweat shirt and gray pants approach a security car, jump up and land on the hood of the car with his upper arm and elbow, causing a dent in the hood. The man then got into a black Toyota Rav-4 and sped away, leaving the complex, according to the report. The report states that the man was never found.
