GUN VIOLENCE LEADS TO APD OFFICERS FINDING EIGHT BODIES SINCE LAST TUESDAY. THEY’VE ALSO DEALT WITH AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING AND IDENTIFIED THREE SUSPECTS.
ONE MAN WAS KILLED WHEN HIS 18 YEAR OLD FRIEND, ZACHARY HAMMOND, WAS GOING TO SELL DRUGS AND A GUN TO HIS FRIEND, BUT THE GUN FIRED AND HIT ERIC APISA.
ANOTHER MAN, RAYMOND ARAGON, WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS FRIEND ANGELO VIGIL, WHO DROVE ARAGON HOME BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. BRANDON REYNOLDS ALLEGEDLY BEAT HIS 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO DEATH WITH A SHOE WHEN SHE WOULDN’T DO HER HOMEWORK.
A STOLEN VEHICLE CHASE ENDED WITH PEDRO ESCALANTE BEING SHOT BY APD OFFICERS. TWO BODIES WERE ALSO FOUND IN A HOME NEAR UNM SATURDAY. APD IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A PERSON FOUND SATURDAY … AND BCSO DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A MURDER ON SUNDAY.