John Anthony Mares Jr. was 31 and a lifelong resident of Albuquerque and Pena Blanca, New Mexico, when he was shot and killed on April 25, 2023. Officers responding to a reported shooting found him at 241 Charleston St. NE in Albuquerque with a gunshot wound to the torso. The Albuquerque Police Department has classified the case as an active homicide investigation under case number 230032395.

No arrests or public details about suspects or motive have been released. Mares is survived by his children; the community response included 170 candles lit in his memory on the National Gun Violence Memorial website. If anyone has information about the shooting at 241 Charleston St. NE on April 25, 2023, please contact the Albuquerque Police Department’s homicide investigators.