THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF LOBO BASEBALL PLAYER JACKSON WELLER. POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR 22 YEAR OLD DARIAN RASHAUD BASHIR, IDENTIFIED FROM A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE MURDER. WELLER WAS KILLED LAST SATURDAY IN NOB HILL AT CENTRAL AND RICHMOND AROUND 2AM.
APD SAYS BASHIR PULLED SOMETHING FROM HIS WAISTBAND AND WELLER WAS SHOT TO DEATH. IT HAPPENED AFTER A FIGHT IN NOB HILL EARLY SATURDAY.
BASHIR HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY. IT INCLUDES FELONY OFFENSES AND HE WAS ALSO RECENTLY LET OUT OF JAIL AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR IN A CASE THAT INVOLVED FIREARMS AND GUNFIRE. SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU TUBE VIDEOS HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND BY APD DETECTIVES THAT SHOW BASHIR AND OTHER FLASHING GANG SIGNS AND HOLDING GUNS.
