On the afternoon of September 9, 2022, Raul Zapata, 51, was sitting in his vehicle at the Alon gas station at Central Avenue and Tramway Boulevard in Albuquerque when he was fatally shot at about 4:35 p.m. The Albuquerque Police Department opened a homicide investigation and released images of a suspect vehicle to the public as detectives sought leads.

The initial probe produced no immediate arrest and the case stayed unsolved for months, leaving family and the community without answers. Detectives later identified and arrested a suspect on July 10, 2023, and that person was booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center on multiple felony charges. No arrests were announced before that date.

What details about that day or the suspect’s movements might help move this case forward for Raul Zapata’s family?