Verlon Tyler Weahkee was shot on a street in southeastern Albuquerque in the early morning hours of February 20, 2022. Emergency crews found the 36-year-old at 2715 Kathryn Ave. SE and took him to the University of New Mexico Hospital. He survived for a month but died of his injuries on March 20, 2022.

After his death the case was moved from the Gun Violence Reduction Unit to the Albuquerque Police Department’s Homicide Unit and officially classified as a homicide. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the investigation remains open.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Kathryn Ave. SE or saw anything that morning, please contact the Albuquerque Police Department’s Homicide Unit.