New Mexico police arrest suspect in shootings at Democratic officials' homes

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) -Police in New Mexico on Monday said they had arrested a man in connection with shootings at the homes and offices of six elected Democratic officials, incidents that have raised concerns of political violence.

"There is a suspect in custody, on unrelated charges, related to these incidents," Albuquerque police Chief Harold Medina told a press conference. "We do have one of the firearms involved in one of the incidents in our possession."

Medina declined to comment on the unrelated charges or a motive.

The string of attacks began in early December, with the most recent occurring last week when multiple shots were fired at the southwest Albuquerque home of state Senator Linda Lopez and the downtown law office of state Senator Moe Maestas.

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Andrew Hay
Mon, January 9, 2023 at 6:35 PM EST


Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/suspect-arrested-shootings-mexico-officials-233508119.html

[KS Toronado]

1. Betting the guy is a MAGAt

[Samrob]

2. Finding and arresting these people is a good thing. Locking them up for the max time is better. nt

[Botany]

3. I will bet that the suspect is:

a Single White Male

No girlfriend or wife

Listens to hate talk radio, Fox News, other right wing tv networks, and gets social media from
meta, infowars, and other right wing platforms

Uses meth

[vlyons]

4. Shooting at people with Spanish surnames

Gee, ya think he's a racist?

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Will leaders of the other party condemn this violence? /nt

[central scrutinizer]

6. Of course not

He’s a mentally unstable lone wolf, nothing to see here.

[mountain grammy]

7. Cowboys for trump..

know to be radical and well armed terrorists.

[Hotler]

9. Founder Couy Griffin. "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat,"

President Trump on Thursday retweeted a video of a supporter saying that the "only good Democrat is a dead Democrat." The man in the video is a New Mexico politician who faced calls to resign after making the remark earlier this month.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-shares-video-of-supporter-saying-the-only-good-democrat-is-a-dead-democrat/

More recently; Colorado conservative activist warns of shift 'from ballots to bullets'
Rich Wyatt, president of Jefferson County’s Mountain Republicans Club, made the suggestion of coming political violence

“It’s almost time to switch from ballots to bullets. Because that’s what wins the hearts and minds,” Wyatt said. “And there’s no arguing with a bullet. You can argue about ballots, but you can’t argue with bullets.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/colorado-conservative-activist-warns-of-shift-from-ballots-to-bullets/ar-AA15Wpzd?cvid=d1faecaaeb3245409471a4539dd74c9b

[duhneece]

13. We in Couy's County are betting on him being in the mix

Shooter, co-conspirator, follower…

[duhneece]

12. Yes! We're watching closely nt

[IronLionZion]

8. Will it be mental illness since they don't have any political agenda?

I can't wait to hear the excuses why this can't be domestic terrorism.

[The Grand Illuminist]

10. Does not matter

It will only get worse from here.

[Probatim]

11. They didn't release any information about the suspect?

That seems a bit odd to me.

[duhneece]

14. That's what I thought

A friend in LE suggests it’s probably because they are looking for co-conspirators

[Probatim]

15. That was my assumption - plus he's (like I am) probably a middle-aged white guy.

Can't have that.