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Arturo Villa

Case from Albuquerque, NM dated Dec 27, 2015

Victim Details

Arturo Villa

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Albuquerque

NM

2015-12-27

18

Arturo

Villa

07/16/2026

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In the early morning hours of December 27, 2015, a party at a trailer park in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, New Mexico, turned deadly, claiming the life of 18-year-old Arturo Villa. The young Hispanic man was attending a gathering when a fight erupted among the attendees. The altercation escalated and spilled out into the street, where the sounds of gunfire shattered the pre-dawn quiet around 5:30 a.m.

When police arrived at the scene, they discovered a chaotic situation with thre ...
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