WHAT APPEARED TO BE TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IN ALBUQUERQUE TURN OUT TO BE RELATED. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS US OFFICERS WERE SENT TO A SHOOTING IN THE 92-HUNDRED BLOCK OF MONTGOMERY THURSDAY NIGHT WHERE THEY FOUND 42 YEAR OLD JAMES CHACHO WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
TANNER SAYS THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED CHACHO HAD BEEN CONFRONTED BY 46 YEAR OLD CRAIG CUTHBERT, WHO BELIEVED CHACHO WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE.
CHACHO, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL, IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
POLICE FOUND CUTHBERT A MILE FROM THE FIRST CRIME SCENE. HE’D COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH ON SPAIN. HE’D SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
