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Police investigate 3 homicides overnight in Albuquerque

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police are investigating three homicides that they say happened overnight in and around the area of downtown Albuquerque.

Around 1:35 a.m. Sunday, detectives responded to a reported fatal shooting at Second and Gold. They found a man shot and killed when they arrived.

Then, around a half hour later, at 2:05 a.m., officers responded to a reported stabbing in an alley near Sixth and Copper. According to police, someone in a van took a victim from the scene.

Later on, officers learned a man showed up with stab wounds at an urgent care center on the West Side. They pronounced the man dead there and determined they were the victim in the downtown stabbing.

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Around 2:20 a.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting that police say happened in the 1100 block of Fourth Street Southwest. They found a man dead there with an apparent gunshot wound. A bullet reportedly also grazed a woman who medics to the hospital in stable condition.

Police are investigating all three of these scenes.



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Grass fire burning thousands of acres in Quay County

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QUAY COUNTY, N.M. – A grass fire has burned an estimated 1,000-2,000 acres near San Jon in Quay County.

Emergency crews say the Old 66 Fire is threatening structures, and remains 0% contained.

The New Mexico Forestry Division said crews discovered the fire at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 27 east of San Jon, north of Interstate 40 in Quay County.

Smoke is visible from Interstate 40 and surrounding areas.

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The fire is on private land and the cause remains under investigation.

State Road 469 is closed at Main Avenue. Officials said local residents should use caution and avoid the area.

Structures threatened include a wind farm to the southwest.



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Reckoning over César Chávez’s legacy deepens in New Mexico amid swift erasure plans

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New Mexico Environment Department to hold hearings on Project Jupiter air quality

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