Posted on 05/30/2025 9:31:25 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque business owner is facing a murder charge after police said he shot a fleeing shoplifter.
According to the Albuquerque Police Department, the owner of Moe’s Smoke Shop shot a shoplifter who was reversing his car away from the store. “A lot of commotion. We went ahead and came to the windows by my work, we looked out, we saw a guy running out, that fled in a white Toyota Camry. Then we saw the owner of the smoke shop also out there,” said an employee at a nearby business who wanted to remain anonymous.
Mohtasem Mahir Thabata, the owner of Moe’s Smoke Shop, is facing a murder charge. According to a police report, officers arrived around 3 p.m. Wednesday to a shopping center near Lomas Blvd. and San Mateo Blvd. When they arrived, they found a burned car and a man, identified as Matthew Sedillo, on the ground with a bullet wound, where he soon after was pronounced dead on scene.
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Albuquerque is Memphis in the desert.
Old saying: Every bullet has a lawyer attached to it.
Responsible gun owners understand what that means. This Moe guy evidently did not.
A burned car?
Did Moe shoot the thief and then set his car on fire?
I think I see the problem.
Shooting a shoplifter seems more than a little excessive if you ask me.....unless the proprietor felt his life was threatened....I suspect that’ll be hard to prove since the shoplifter was leaving.
“Thabata told police he was trying to shoot the tire, but instead, Sedillo was hit and killed. The car crashed into another vehicle in the Sprouts parking lot, then ended up across the street where it hit a curb and caught fire.”
Das Amerikanisch Reich needs its snitches to enable the anarcho-tyranny.
Well, it did prevent recidivism.
Moe is guilty of street justice. Vigilantism. When the State refuses to act and protect its citizens, then people like Moe must step up.
Not excusing the shooting, just explaining it.
Fine him $10, he can mail it in.
No sympathy for the thief.
“Thabata told police he was trying to shoot the tire, but instead, Sedillo was hit and killed.
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Yeah. Right. If Moe had really aimed for the tire, Sedillo would still be alive.
The new rule in leftist land is that you can steal all you want to and no one can do anything about it.
New Mexico. Ugh. The whole state is another example of democrat disaster politics. Now this struggling small business owner that finally cracked under the weight of crime destroying his hard work will lose everything.
Maybe his lawyer can get that reduced to Manslaughter.
The business owner should not lose his freedom for protecting himself, employees and his business.
I’m not sure you can do that anywhere.
His means of supporting his life was threatened.
and another worthless parasite was eliminated.
There are no redeeming qualities to that crappy city. I have to go there often to Sandia Lab. Once I get from the airport to Kirtland...I rarely leave the base until I fly home.
The shop owner experienced temporary insanity due to the theft. There is a reason one of the commandments is “Thou Shall Not Steal”. It make others go insane.
Do you think the shop owner would have shot and killed the perp if the perp had lawfully acquired the goods from the shop owner?
Maybe we need to chop off a hand of those who steal.
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