On August 22, 2022, at about 1:15 a.m., 21-year-old Melina Jones was fatally shot during a fight in a downtown Albuquerque parking lot at 2nd Street and Central Avenue SW. Officers from the Albuquerque Police Department responded to reports of the disturbance and encountered a chaotic scene. An APD sergeant, Harold Sennett, arrived with lights and siren active and used the patrol public address system to try to disperse the crowd; the sergeant then observed a male firing a gun several times and saw Jones struck and fatally injured.

The sergeant fired his department-issued weapon at the shooter but did not hit the offender, who fled the scene. The suspect’s identity remains unknown and no arrests have been announced. A multi-agency investigation is underway, including witness interviews, forensic testing, and review by the Superintendent of Police Reform and the District Attorney’s Office when the probe is complete.

Does anyone have information about that night or saw the suspect fleeing from 2nd and Central on August 22?