Robert Hill, a White/Caucasian male from Albuquerque, was shot and killed on February 1, 2015, after an argument on Golf Course Road in the city's northwest side. That weekend had already been marred by a string of deadly incidents, and officers were shuttling between multiple crime scenes when they were called to the stretch near Golf Course Road, where Hill had been gunned down.
The circumstances were painfully ordinary in their chaos: a dispute flared, tempers rose, and a firearm ended the quarrel before anyone could pull it back. Hill's death became one of four homicides that unfolded over three days, underscoring the tense, fearful mood gripping Albuquerque at the start of that year.
Police quickly focused on a suspect. According to a criminal complaint described by local reporters, Sebastian Mora had argued with Hill and then shot him. In a stark turn, Mora returned to the scene with his stepfather, who told officers, “my son is the shooter,” after which police took Mora into custody. The arrest tied a name to the senselessness and gave investigators the anchor they needed in a weekend of scattered violence, even as the city tallied the human cost across several neighborhoods.
