Homicide News

Albuquerque Road-Rage Shooting: Suspect Arrested After Dinner Stop

Albuquerque police arrested 35-year-old Victor Rivera-Jimenez for a road-rage shooting that killed Corsinio Martinez on Unser Blvd NW; a witness saw three gunshots fired from a black pickup before Martinez's gray Hyundai crashed into a light pole. Surveillance video shows Rivera-Jimenez arriving at a restaurant after the shooting with a woman and two children; he later confessed and was charged with open murder, shooting from a motor vehicle, and two counts of abandonment or abuse of a child, with a pre-trial detention hearing upcoming.