WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS OVERNIGHT.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
A SHOOTING AT CENTRAL
AND
CORNELL.
POLICE SAY THEY FOUND A
MAN IN FRONT OF THE
FRONTIER RESTAURANT -
WITH AT LEAST ONE
GUNSHOT WOUND.
PARAMEDICS RUSHED HIM TO
THE HOSPITAL. WE HAVE
NOT RECEIVED AN UPDATE
ON HIS CONDITION THIS
MORNING.
U-N-M SENT OUT A LOBO
ALERT A FEW HOURS AGO --
WARNING OF A DRIVE
BY SHOOTING AT THE
RESTAURANT.
THEY SAY TO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR A DARK
COLORED DODGE
CHALLENGER.
WE )LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THE LATEST ON AIR AND ON
THE KRQE NEWS APP.
AN ALAMOGORDO POLICE
OFFICER CAN NOW APPEAL
THE DECISION TO FIRE
HIM... THAT )S ACCORDING
TO THEIR POLICE CHIEF.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS
ALAMOGORDO OFFICER KYLE
GRAHAM AND A WOMAN -
ARGUING INSIDE A LOCAL
MEDICAL CENTER.
PUNCHES ARE THROWN AND
THREE PEOPLE --
INCLUDING A 65-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN END UP ON THE
GROUND.
POLICE CHIEF BRIAN PEETE
TELLS US EVEN THOUGH
GRAHAM WAS OFF-
DUTY, OFFICERS ARE HELD
TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
THIS MORNING---
A-P-D IS CONTINUING TO
INVESTIGATE HOW A PIPE
BOMB ENDED UP AT A CITY
PARK.
THE BOMB WAS AT CITY
VIEW PARK IN THE
FOOTHILLS.
POLICE SAY IT WAS METAL
AND FILLED WITH GUN
POWDER. OFFICERS ARE
STILL LOOKING AT
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN
THE
AREA... AS WELL AS
INTERVIEWING NEIGHBORS
TO SEE IF THEY WITNESSED
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS.
A CITY COUNCILOR IS
HOPING TO STOP DRIVERS
FROM USING QUIET STREETS
AS SHORT CUTS.
HE SAYS HE )S TACKLING
THE PROBLEM ONE AREA AT
A TIME.
A MEDIAN NOW BLOCKS
NORTH- SOUTH TRAFFIC ON
14-TH AT LOMAS.
IT )S ONE OF THE FIRST
PROJECTS TO HELP CUT
DOWN SPEEDING THROUGH
SIDE STREETS.
CITY COUNCILOR ISAAC
BENTON )S OFFICE SAYS THE
NEARLY 159-
THOUSAND DOLLAR PROJECT
WAS PAID FOR WITH HIS
OWN DISTRICT )S FUNDS...
HE PLANS FOR MORE SPEED
BUMPS... SPEED SIGNS AND
STRIPING
WHEN FUNDING IS
AVAILABLE.
IT )S DAY 5 FOR BALLOON
FIESTA.
RIGHT NOW---THE YELLO
FLAG IS UP, MEANING THAT
PILOTS HAVEN )T BEEN ABLE
TO INFLATE THEIR
BALLOONS.
THEY ARE WAITING TO SEE
IF THE WINDS WILL DIE
DOWN SOON SO WE CAN
GET THAT MASS ACSENSION.
TODAY IS "FLIGHT OF THE
NATIONS".
16 COUNTRIES ARE
REPRESENTED AT THIS
YEAR )S BALLOON FIESTA.
LOOKING AHEAD --
SANTA ANA STAR CASINO
WILL BEGIN OFFERING
SPORTS BETTING NEXT
WEEK.
THE U-S SUPREME COURT
LIFTED THE DECADES OLD
BAN ON )SPORTS
BETTING ) BACK IN MAY...
BUT FOR IT TO BE ALLOWED
IN NEW MEXICO... IT WAS
BELIEVED
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
WOULD HAVE TO PASS A
(NEW LAW... WHICH
EXPERTS THOUGHT COULD
TAKE YEARS. HOWEVER, A
CHECK OF THE STATE )S
INDIAN GAMING COMPACT
DOES NOT TURN UP ANY
MENTION OF SPORTS
BETTING. WE )RE NOW TOLD
- THE CASINO WILL HAVE A
)SPORTS BOOK BETTING )
AREA INSIDE... BUT
SMALLER THAN THOSE FOUND
IN LAS VEGAS.
THOSE FOUND IN LAS
VEGAS.
FUNDRAISING EFFORTS ARE
STILL UNDERWAY TODAY TO
CLEAN UP A NOB HILL
MURAL THAT HAS BEEN
VANDALIZED.
SEVERAL NOB HILL
BUSINESSES ARE HOPING TO
RESTORE THE
"ALBURQUERQUE" MURAL
THAT WAS PAINTED BY A
LOCAL ARTIST IN 2015.
THE BUSINESSES ARE
ASKING FOR 15-HUNDRED
DOLLARS FOR CLEAN
UP, AND SUPPLIES THAT
WOULD MAKE RESTORATION
EASIER IF IT WERE
VANDALIZED AGAIN.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
CONTRIBUTE, WE POSTED A
LINK ON "ALWAYS ON" KRQE
DOT COM.
HURRICANE MICHAEL IS
BEARING DOWN ON THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS A
CATEGORY FOUR STORM.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED
THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN
ORDERED TO EVACUATE
THEIR HOMES AS THE STORM
APPROACHES
THE COAST.
MICHAEL IS DUE TO MAKE
LANDFALL SOMETIME LATER
TODAY, BRINGING AN
EXPECTED 8 TO 12 FOOT
STORM SURGE WITH IT.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly
sunny. Highs in the
upper 60s. Southwest
winds
10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
AS VETERAN BALLOON
PILOTS PREPARE TO TAKE
TO THE SKIES FOR FIESTA
THIS MORNING.
A YOUNGER GENERATION OF
PILOTS ARE WORKING TO
MAKE THEIR MARK ON THE
BALLOONING WORLD.
AT JUST 19-YEARS-OLD
ELIJAH SANCHEZ IS ONE OF
THE NEWEST PRIVATE
BALLOON PILOTS.
SANCHEZ GOT HIS PRIVATE
LICENSE JUST A MONTH
AGO...
MEANING HE CAN PILOT HIS
OWN BALLOON WITH
PASSENGERS ON
BOARD.
AFTER RIGOROUS COURSE
WORK, SANCHEZ SAYS HE )S
NOT DONE YET. ELIJAH IS
HOPING TO GET HIS
COMMERCIAL PILOTS
LICENSE.. SO HE CAN FLY
DURING FIESTA NEXT YEAR.
ANOTHER WARNING FOR
DRONE PILOTS THIS
MORNING -- DO (NOT FLY
WITHIN
FOUR MILES OF BALLOON
FIESTA PARK.
THE F-A-A IS REMINDING
EVERYONE THAT IT )S
ILLEGAL.
THIS YEAR, BALLOON
FIESTA HIRED
PHOENIX-BASED "AERIAL
ARMOR" TO MONITOR THE
SKY FOR DRONES. AERIAL
ARMOR )S DRONE DETECTION
TECHNOLOGY CAN FIND OUT
( (IF AND
( (WHERE THEY ARE FLYING.
THIS DRONE DETECTION CAN
ALSO IDENTIFY THE SERIAL
NUMBER OF THE DRONE.
458 DRONES HAVE BEEN
DETECTED OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
HALLOWEEN IS AROUND THE
CORNER AND SO IT )S TIME
TO THINK OF COSTUME
IDEAS...FOR YOUR PETS.
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY
THE
NATIONAL RETAIL
FEDERATION AND PROSPER
INSIGHTS, MORE THAN 31
MILLION PEOPLE PLAN TO
DRESS UP THEIR CATS AND
DOGS THIS
HALLOWEEN. MILLENNIALS
ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO
DRESS UP THEIR
FURRY FRIENDS THIS YEAR.
AND.. IN A RANKING OF
THE TOP COSTUMES-
MOST PEOPLE WILL BE
DRESSING THEIR PETS AS A
PUMPKIN, FOLLOWED BY A
HOT
DOG AND A BUMBLE BEE.
AT NUMBER FIVE --
WITH BALLOON SEASON
HAPPENING -- AT JUST
19-YEARS-OLD -- ELIJAH
SANCHEZ, IS ONE OF THE
NEWEST PRIVATE BALLOON
PILOTS.
SANCHEZ GOT HIS PRIVATE
LICENSE JUST A MONTH
AGO... MEANING HE CAN
PILOT HIS OWN BALLOON
WITH PASSENGERS ON
BOARD.
AFTER RIGOROUS COURSE
WORK, SANCHEZ SAYS HE )S
NOT DONE YET.
FOR VETERAN PILOTS WHO
SAY THE SPORT IS
"GRAYING"...
THEY )RE ENCOURAGED BY A
NEW SURGE OF YOUNG
PILOTS.
ELIJAH IS HOPING TO GET
HIS COMMERCIAL PILOTS
LICENSE.. SO HE CAN
FLY DURING FIESTA NEXT
YEAR.
AT NUMBER FOUR --
ANOTHER WARNING FOR
DRONE PILOTS THIS
MORNING -- DO (NOT FLY
WITHIN
FOUR MILES OF BALLOON
FIESTA PARK. THE F-A-A
IS REMINDING EVERYONE
THAT IT )S ILLEGAL.
THIS YEAR, BALLOON
FIESTA HIRED
PHOENIX-BASED "AERIAL
ARMOR" TO MONITOR THE
SKY FOR DRONES. AERIAL
ARMOR )S DRONE DETECTION
TECHNOLOGY CAN FIND OUT
( (IF AND
( (WHERE THEY ARE FLYING.
THIS DRONE DETECTION CAN
ALSO IDENTIFY THE SERIAL
NUMBER OF
THE DRONE THAT )S
BREAKING THE RULES. 458
DRONES HAVE BEEN
DETECTED OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS.
AT NUMBER THREE--
AT NUMBER TWO --
FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF
THE ESPANOLA TEEN SHOT
AND KILLED LAST WEEK --
ARE PREPARING FOR A
BURIAL MASS TODAY.
ACCORDING TO THE SANTA
FE NEW MEXICAN --
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS
HELD FOR CAMERON
MARTINEZ AT THE
ESPANOLA VALLEY HIGH
SCHOOL GYM YESTERDAY.
OFFICERS SAY MARTINEZ
WAS SHOT AND KILLED -
WHEN THE SUSPECTS --
RIDING IN TWO VEHICLES
ALONG N-M 68 NORTH OF
ESPAÑOLA --
BELIEVED THE PEOPLE IN
MARTINEZ )S CAR WERE OUT
TO GET
ONE OF THEM.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTS
THEN OPENED FIRE,
WOUNDING 3
OTHERS IN THE CAR AND
KILLING MARTINEZ. FOUR
SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED IN THE CASE.
AND AT NUMBER ONE --
21-YEAR OLD LELAND HUST
IS WAKING UP BEHIND BARS
THIS MORNING -- CHARGED
WITH THE RAPE AND MURDER
OF 6-YEAR-OLD ARIANA
ROMEO INSIDE A RIO
RANCHO HOME.
HE COULD REMAIN THERE
UNTIL A DETENTION
HEARING. HIS
ARREST COMES NEARLY TWO
MONTHS AFTER ROMEO WAS
FOUND
DEAD.
IN THE ARREST WARRANT
FOR HUST FILED
YESTERDAY, POLICE SAY
THEY
VOLUNTARILY OBTAINED HIS
D-N-A ON THAT SAME DAY
ARIANA WAS FOUND DEAD.
RIO RANCHO POLICE
FINALLY MADE THE ARREST
LAST FRIDAY.
IN THE ARREST WARRANT
FOR HUST, HE TOLD POLICE
HE HAD LAST SEEN
ROMEO THE NIGHT BEFORE
SHE WAS FOUND DEAD, ON
AUGUST 11-TH.
HE TOLD POLICE HE HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH
HURTING HER.
WINSTON SCATES - WHO
ALSO LIVED IN THE HOUSE
-- WAS CHARGED WITH
SEXUAL CONTACT WITH
(ANOTHER JUVENILE IN THE
HOME.
THE STATE HAS FILED
MOTIONS TO KEEP SCATES
AND HUST BEHIND BARS
UNTIL THEIR TRIALS.
WE TURN NOW TO KRISTEN
AND CHAD AT BALLOON
FIESTA
THANKS FOR JOINING US.