THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO SHOT A 43 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN TO DEATH MONDAY MORNING DURING A HOME INVASION IN THE NORTH VALLEY. POLICE SAY THE MURDER COULD BECOME THE AREA'S FIRST HOMICIDE OF THE YEAR. OFFICER TASIA MARTINEZ WITH APD SAYS IT HAPPENED AT A HOME ON SIERRA VISTA NEAR 12TH AND MENAUL AROUND 2:30 AM.

 

MARTINEZ SAYS A WOMAN CALLED POLICE, REPORTING THE INTRUDER, THE SHOTS, AND THAT HER MALE ROOMMATE, ROBERT KINTER, HAD BEEN SHOT. THE WOMAN TOLD POLICE THE SHOOTER FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS. KINTER WAS SHOT IN HIS BEDROOM. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.

 

APD IS LOOKING FOR TWO MEN. THE SHOOTER IS DESCRIBED AS AN HISPANIC MAN IN HIS LATE 30S WITH DARK HAIR AND A THIN MUSTACHE. THE SECOND MAN WAS CAUGHT ON THE HOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. DETECTIVES DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS A RANDOM ACT. IN FACT, THE FEMALE ROOMMATE TOLD THEM SHE THINKS THE MURDER WAS DRUG RELATED.