Scott Pierce, 41, was shot and killed in his Albuquerque home in the pre-dawn hours of June 28, 2008. Pierce and his wife Katherine had moved into the house after marrying six days earlier. Katherine was awakened by the dogs barking and encountered an intruder armed with a sawed-off shotgun who was demanding the whereabouts of Manny, the home’s previous tenant. Scott rushed to assist his wife; during a struggle the intruder fired one shot, striking Pierce in the neck. He died before paramedics arrived.

Investigators determined the shooting was the result of a murder-for-hire scheme aimed at Manny. Jason Skaggs hired Clifton Bloomfield to harm Manny over a personal grudge; Bloomfield entered the wrong house and killed Scott Pierce. Bloomfield confessed and was arrested on July 1, 2008; Skaggs was arrested the same day. Anyone with information about Scott Pierce or that night’s events is asked to come forward.