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The suspect and victim’s names in the Sports Page Lounge shooting that occurred May 6 have been released.

Elon Cooley, 21, was shot and killed outside the bar at 1400 S. Second St.  in the early hours of May 6. The man who reportedly shot him, Isaaiah Palacios, 22, was recently discharged from an Albuquerque hospital and released into police custody.

Around 1:45 am on May 6, Metro Dispatch received a call after shots were reportedly fired at Sports Page Lounge.

When Gallup Police officers arrived at the scene, they found security guards performing CPR on Cooley in the bar’s parking lot.

Cooley had reportedly told the security guards that he had gotten into a fight with...

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In an attempt to flee officers, a Gallup man sped down U.S. Highway 491, and almost crashed into an officer.

On May 18, around 10 am, Gallup Police Officer Brandon Salazar was patrolling the Gamerco area when he saw a black Ford F150 and a four wheeler  parked behind Tropics Bar at 503 Chino Ave. According to his report, Salazar went to check out the situation because the bar was closed and there aren’t normally any vehicles parked there.

As he got closer, he recognized the man in the driver’s seat of the F150 as Martin Morales, 28, because he had previously interacted with him. According to the report, Salazar knew Morales had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for...

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Featured DWI

Cameron Carroll

May 1, 6:17 pm

Aggravated DWI (Sixth)

Being unconscious at the wheel led to a Gallup man, Cameron Carroll, 32, being arrested and adding to a substantial DWI charge list.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Dominic Molina was waved down by a male who told him there was a vehicle parked at the intersection of Metro Avenue and U.S. Highway 491 with the driver reportedly passed out at the wheel.

Molina arrived at the scene and found a green Hyundai Electra with two passengers parked in the middle of Metro Avenue facing the intersection. The report stated the male driver appeared “down and out” when Molina arrived but he...

A drunk driver drove through a DWI checkpoint in Thoreau and hit a New Mexico State Police Officer’s car, injuring an officer and two women.

According to a New Mexico State Police press release, Joshua Floehr, 35, of Bloomfield, N.M., was driving westbound on Highway 122 in a 2019 Mitsubishi SUV around 6:45 pm on May 19.

He approached the DWI checkpoint that NMSP had set up, and then reportedly drove right through it at a high rate of speed, hitting a NMSP officer’s car and pushing it into another officer’s unit before coming to a stop. Two women, ages 49 and 34, along with a NMSP officer, were standing by the car  and were struck when Floehr crashed into them.

The officer...