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Former candidate charged in shooting spree at New Mexico officials' homes
Source: Politico
A former GOP candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives has been indicted for his alleged role in a series of drive-by shootings targeting the homes of four elected officials in the state.
Following his failed bid for the seat in New Mexicos 14th District during the 2022 midterm elections, Solomon Peña orchestrated shootings at the homes of two Bernalillo County commissioners and two New Mexico state legislators between Dec. 3, 2022, and Jan. 3, according to the Justice Departments indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday.
Before planning the shooting spree, Peña visited the homes of at least three Bernalillo County commissioners, the DOJ said, in an effort to get them not to certify the results of the election, which he claimed had been rigged against him.
Peña allegedly worked with two accomplices Demetrio Trujillo and Jose Trujillo to carry out the shootings, and carried out one on his own, according to the indictment. Family members of the officials, including children, were in the homes during at least three of the shootings, though no one was wounded or killed in any of the shootings.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/31/shooting-spree-new-mexico-officials-homes-00099577
Following his failed bid for the seat in New Mexicos 14th District during the 2022 midterm elections, Solomon Peña orchestrated shootings at the homes of two Bernalillo County commissioners and two New Mexico state legislators between Dec. 3, 2022, and Jan. 3, according to the Justice Departments indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday.
Before planning the shooting spree, Peña visited the homes of at least three Bernalillo County commissioners, the DOJ said, in an effort to get them not to certify the results of the election, which he claimed had been rigged against him.
Peña allegedly worked with two accomplices Demetrio Trujillo and Jose Trujillo to carry out the shootings, and carried out one on his own, according to the indictment. Family members of the officials, including children, were in the homes during at least three of the shootings, though no one was wounded or killed in any of the shootings.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/31/shooting-spree-new-mexico-officials-homes-00099577
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Former candidate charged in shooting spree at New Mexico officials' homes (Original Post)
brooklynite
May 2023
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IronLionZion
(45,533 posts)1. He's brown enough for terrorism and Republican enough for mental illness
They should charge him with both domestic terrorism and mental illness.
Wonder Why
(3,252 posts)2. Yup! Yet another Repug candidate qualified to run for office.
BrinksHomeSexcurity
(14 posts)3. What a jerk.