AS ALBUQUERQUE WORKS TO REDUCE ITS MURDER RATE COMES THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS DEALING WITH KILLINGS COMMITTED BY TEENS. THE ALBUQUERQUE HOMICIDE RATE HAS DROPPED A BIT … FROM 75 IN 2017 TO 66 LAST YEAR. BUT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS ONE PARTICULAR MURDER CARRIED OUT BY TWO TEENS … 17 YEAR OLD ANTHONY GALLEGOS AND 15 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY CHAVEZ.
THE TWO ARE SAID TO HAVE KILLED RONNIE ROSS, SHOOTING HIM 12 TIMES FOR THE FUN OF IT. THE WEAPON AND SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN TIED TO OTHER CRIMES.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SAYS HOMICIDES COMMITTED BY JUVENILES ARE RISING IN ALBUQUERQUE … AND ARE MOSTLY CARRIED OUT WITH GUNS.