On May 28, 2021, 38-year-old Hispanic man Rigo Morales was shot and killed at a residence near the intersection of Blake Road and Unser Boulevard in southwestern Albuquerque. The slaying was later tied to a wider pattern of violence affecting the area.

Investigators linked Morales’s death to an alleged crime spree by a group of teenagers that included armed carjackings, robberies and drive-by shootings. Reports say the assailant held Morales’s girlfriend hostage for a time before she escaped.

A development came on September 30, 2022, when police arrested 14-year-old Izaiah Ruiz in connection with Morales’s killing and with other violent incidents, including a separate fatal shooting. Does anyone have information about Morales, his routine, or the events that night?