Albuquerque Police Department spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos released the name of the victim who was found shot to death outside the Marriott Pyramid on July 26. Gallegos said the victim is 51-year-old Louie Sedillo.
“Detectives have not released any additional details about the ongoing investigation,” Gallegos wrote in an email.
The Gun Violence Archive, citing KRQE and the Albuquerque Journal, states that the male victim was found dead in the bushes of the hotel parking lot but was possibly shot at another location.
In their 2022 Homicides Year-to-Date crime statistics report, APD lists the death as being a homicide taking place July 26 at 5151 San Francisco Drive NE. That report, and the 2022 Homicide Weekly Report Year-To-Date, only lists this year’s homicides up to July 29, 2022, as of the time of this writing.
According to the 2022 Homicide Weekly/YTD Summary, APD has a homicide clearance rate of 91.18%, including homicide and justified homicide cases solved in 2022. Some of the statistics from APD’s 2022 Weekly/YTD report are shown below. For the full report and more crime statistics, visit cabq.gov/police/crime-statistics.
