Posted on 12/07/2022 3:26:35 PM PST by CedarDave
The Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the conduct of New Mexico State University employees and players in connection with a fatal shooting by an NMSU basketball player in Albuquerque after it took hours for police to obtain the gun used in the shooting from a coach.
Mike Peake, an NMSU basketball player, was shot in the leg on the University of New Mexico’s campus at around 3 a.m. the day of a rivalry game between the Lobos and Aggies. Peake was approached by three UNM students, one armed with a bat and another with a gun, according to police reports.
Peake, who was armed with a gun at the time, exchanged fire with Brandon Travis, fatally shooting the UNM student, according to a criminal complaint ... Another UNM student hit Peake in the leg with a bat prior to the shooting, according to the complaint.
More than 12 hours after the shooting, Dominique Taylor, an NMSU assistant coach, gave police the gun that Peake had used. Police also recovered a bloody tablet that Peake had at the time of the shooting from the team’s bus, which had left Albuquerque and was on its way back to Las Cruces when police were able to get the bus to pull over.
The reports say the officer interviewed NMSU head coach Greg Heiar and assistant coach Taylor at around 10 a.m. the day of the shooting. For about six hours after those interviews, the officer made several calls to the coaches that weren’t answered or returned, though some NMSU athletics officials and university police officers were in contact with the officer.
Taylor ultimately wrapped the gun in a towel and turned it over to the police officer at the DoubleTree Hotel in Downtown Albuquerque, where the team had been staying.
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Not all of New Mexico is a crime ridden hell hole.
My little town - Rio Rancho - has the lowest crime rate for any city of over 100,000 people in CA, AZ, NV, CO, NM and/or TX.
My little neighborhood has the highest percentage of LEO residents in the state. I live next door to a Bernalillo County Sheriffs officer and across the street from a Rio Rancho PD officer.
This is not to say we don’t have our issues - we actually had SWAT respond to two domestic disturbances in the past two months within blocks of my house - but in both cases they were renters and are no longer residents of the neighborhood.
At a recent Chamber luncheon crime came up for discussion. Specifically, why Albuquerque has such issues and Rio Rancho does not. It seems that Rio Rancho residents support and cooperate with our boys in blue and Albuquerque residents more often than not are adversarial.
Do I have to point out that Rio Rancho votes heavily Republican and Albuquerque votes heavily Democrat?
“Do I have to point out that Rio Rancho votes heavily Republican and Albuquerque votes heavily Democrat?”
Nope.
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