Roberto Carlos Pineda Arriaza, 21, was killed after being struck by a stray bullet during a road rage exchange in southwest Albuquerque on April 18, 2026. He had recently bought a motorcycle and was showing it to a friend when gunfire erupted between two vehicles near Bridge Boulevard and Sunset Road. Pineda Arriaza was shot in the head, taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital in critical condition, and died on April 21, 2026.

Bernalillo County detectives identified one of the vehicles as a Mitsubishi registered to Ellyssa Salazar and named Rory Horowitz as the primary suspect and alleged shooter. Horowitz and Salazar were located and taken into custody in El Paso, Texas, while the Mitsubishi remains missing. Horowitz faced initial charges including shooting at or from a motor vehicle causing great bodily harm, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm; detectives sought to add an open count of murder. Salazar was arrested on charges of tampering with evidence and harboring a fugitive. A second driver was arrested separately on charges unrelated to the shooting; investigators said there was no evidence that person fired shots.

The investigation is ongoing. If anyone has information about the shooting or the missing Mitsubishi, please share what is known with authorities.