Elijiah Melquiadez Vallejos, 20, was killed in a downtown Albuquerque shooting on the evening of October 25, 2021. According to reports, a car drove past the area of Lead Avenue and 13th Street SW and someone inside opened fire. Elijiah was struck, taken to a nearby hospital, and died of his injuries.

Family remembered him as a light-hearted young man who enjoyed making people laugh and liked hunting, fishing and cruising in his car. The Albuquerque Police Department opened a homicide investigation; witnesses described a drive-by shooting, and no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested.

If anyone saw the vehicle or the shooting near Lead Avenue and 13th Street SW that night, or has other information that could help the investigation, please share what is known.