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Two dead in May 5 shooting

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Gallup Police Officers were called to the Trademark Square, which is a part of Downtown Gallup near the 1500 block of South Second Street, around 1:15 am May 5 after two people were reportedly shot and killed.

In a May 6 interview with the Sun Gallup Police Chief Erin Toadlena-Pablo said her department is in the middle of...

Two dead in May 5 shooting

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Gallup Police Officers were called to the Trademark Square, which is a part of Downtown Gallup near the 1500 block of South Second Street, around 1:15 am May 5 after two people were reportedly shot and killed.

In a May 6 interview with the Sun Gallup Police Chief Erin Toadlena-Pablo said her department is in the middle of an ongoing investigation regarding the shooting. More information will be published when it becomes available.

Amber alert issued May 3

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UPDATE: 10-month old Eleia Maria Torres has been located. More information will be published when it becomes available.

CLOVIS, N.M. — New Mexico State Police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing 10-month-old child after the mother and another person were found dead at Ned Houk Park near Clovis, New Mexico.

Police believe 10-month-old Eleia Maria Torres was abducted by a suspect involved in a double homicide at Ned Houk Park. Eleia is 28 inches tall and weighs 23 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

According to Clovis police, officers began searching for the 10-month-old after they responded to Ned Houk Park around 4:30 pm on May 3 after someone called 911 to report two...

U.S. Attorney’s office charges Zuni man with murder

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ALBUQUERQUE — A Zuni man made an initial appearance on his indictment related to the murder of a member of the Navajo Nation on April 26.

Labar Tsethlikai is considered the prime suspect in a series of crimes targeting Native American men in Gallup, Zuni, and Albuquerque.

Tsethlikai, 51, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, is charged with murdering a Navajo man on Jan. 18.  The victim was found deceased the next morning in a remote area of the Zuni Reservation on Route 7, approximately 300 yards eastbound of State Highway 602.

Prior to the murder, the victim was last seen along East Highway 66 in Gallup.

According to court records, Tsethlikai is linked to a string of murders...

Missing person

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The Gallup Police is asking for the public's help in finding a missing man named Mitchell Colwell, 36.

Mitchell six feet and one inch tall, and weighs about 170 pounds. He has brown eyes and brown hair.

He was last heard from in Phoenix, and he may have been in treatment but as since left the facility. He was locate by Phoenix Police on March 30 after a missing person report was filed on him, but he hasn't been seen since.

Mitchell has an “Olde English Bottle” tattooed on one of his calves. He also has a bump on the back of his neck.

Anyone with information on Mitchell's whereabouts is asked to call Metro Dispatch at (505) 722-2002.

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