Ex-GOP candidate charged in shooting spree at New Mexico officials' homes

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Ex-GOP candidate charged in shooting spree at New Mexico officials' homes
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Former GOP candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives, Solomon Peña, has been indicted for his alleged role in a series of drive-by shootings targeting the homes of four elected officials in the state. Peña allegedly worked with two accomplices to carry out the shootings, and carried out one on his own. Before planning the shooting spree, Peña visited the homes of at least three Bernalillo County commissioners, in an effort to get them not to certify the results of the election, which he claimed had been “rigged” against him.

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