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On June 15, 2016, 64-year-old Santiago Romero-Amaya, a Hispanic man, was killed during a carjacking in southwest Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was found in the street with at least one gunshot wound after a suspect attempted to steal his vehicle.

The person identified as the suspect was 32-year-old Rickey Renee Rock. After the carjacking, law enforcement located Rock at a motel on the other side of Albuquerque. Deputies from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and Albuquerque Police officers tried to arrest him; Rock reportedly fired at the officers and was fatally shot when they returned fire. Earlier the same day he was alleged to have been involved in an armed robbery at a Subway restaurant where an employee was shot and critically injured.

Rock had a criminal history and had been released from federal custody six months before these incidents. Are there witnesses or information about the carjacking or the earlier Subway robbery that could help fill gaps in the timeline?