BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS. APD HAS RELEASED AN ANALYSIS OF THE 52 MURDERS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN ALBUQUERQUE SO FAR IN 2018. SERGEANT DENNIS TAFOYA WITH APD’S HOMICIDE UNIT SAYS 38 PERCENT OF MURDER CASES ARE LINKED TO DRUGS AND 18 PERCENT ARE CONNECTED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHILE 10 PERCENT ARE GANG-RELATED.
ADDITIONALLY, APD FOUND THAT MORE MURDERS ARE BEING COMMITTED WITH A FIREARM. TAFOYA SAYS LAST YEAR, 62 PERCENT OF THE HOMICIDES IN ALBUQUERQUE WERE GUN-RELATED. THIS YEAR, THAT FIGURE IS 78-PERCENT. AND THERE’S NOW MORE HELP IN SOLVING THESE CASES. APD SAYS THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDE DETECTIVES HAS DOUBLED THIS YEAR.
