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Jonathan Sorensen

Case from Albuquerque, NM dated May 03, 2016

Victim Details

Jonathan Sorensen

March 28, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Albuquerque

NM

2016-05-03

2016-05-03

25

Jonathan

Sorensen

07/04/2026


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In the late afternoon of Tuesday, May 3, 2016, a routine shopping day at the Kmart on Carlisle and Indian School NE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, turned fatal for 25-year-old Jonathan Sorensen, a Caucasian male. Sorensen, a student at the University of New Mexico who reportedly lived with schizophrenia, was involved in a violent confrontation with three loss prevention employees after being accused of shoplifting.

The encounter escalated to the point where the loss prevention personnel phys ...
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  • APD: Man dies after altercation with Kmart security - KOAT
  • 'I'm sorry, I'm scared:' Killing of student enrages Albuquerque, N.M.
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