Albuquerque murders: Muhammad Syed, described by police as prime suspect in murder of muslim men does it first court appearance

One of seized firearms were associated with shell casings found on stages of two of murders, and shell casings for pistol found in his car when it was stopped, were associated with one of scenes according to arrest affidavit.

Syed told police that “he was driving to Texas to find new place for his family to live because the situation in Albuquerque was bad”, referring to killing of Muslim menthe statement says.

On Wednesday he showed up in court via video from detention center.

Through a Pashto interpreter, he asked to speak to the court during the hearing. His lawyer Megan Mitsunaga followed him. up asks the court not to take evidence from her client.

Bernalillo Metropolitan Court Judge René Torres also informed Syed that it would be best thing for him to do. “Sounds goodSyed said. in response.

Syed’s case will be referred to the district court. He is being held without bail. in Meanwhile.

In Syed’s announcement arrest On Tuesday, Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said the department was working. with District Attorney office on potential charges in of death of two other men62-year-old Mohammad Zaher Ahmadi, killed on November 7 and 25-year-Old Naeem Hussain, killed August 5 after attending a funeral. for two other victims.

There is evidence “reasonably convincing” that the authorities continue to view Syed as “the most likely person of interest or suspicion in and these murders, Kyle Hartsock, second in command of in city police Department criminal the study divisionsaid on Tuesday.

Murder and how investigation launched

Murders blamed on Syed with — of Aftab Hussein and Muhammad Afzaal Hussein – happened just days, and the police quickly tied them up, ascertaining that the shell casings found in both crime According to Hartsock, the scenes were likely fired from the same firearm.

“We quickly began to look at other cases that could be similar and determined that this could indeed be active public threat, Hartsock added.

It was then that the police turned their attention to another unsolved murder. in in city: November 7 killing of Mohammad Ahmadi, Afghan who was found with gunshot wound in parking space behind in business he ran with his brother.

All three of Muslim involved in the killings men who were ambushed with no warning fired on and killed,” Hartsock said.

Aftab Hussein was found 26 July with multiple gunshot wounds, prone next to car, according to the police. Detectives learned that the shooter was waiting behind bush near the driveway where the victim used to park his vehicle and shot a few times through the bush, according to the complaint.

Muhammad Afzaal Hussain was found on August 1 with multiple gunshot wounds to officers who replied to messages of a drive- shooting, the complaint says.

While the police were still trying to figure out if the three murders were connected, a fourth Muslim man, Naeem Hussain, was shot dead before midnight. on 5th of August.

executions caused panic among the Muslims of the Albuquerque community also hundreds of launches of advice to law enforcement, authorities said on Tuesday.

Who is Muhammad Syed?

Syed is father of six whose family was in United States for about six years since moving from Afghanistan, daughter told CNN.

“My father not a human who Can kill somebody. My father always talking about the world. That’s why we are here in United States. We came from Afghanistan, from fighting, from shooting,” she told CNN.

AT daughter told CNN that she married a man in February 2018 and her father wasn’t happy with marriage at that time, but came to accept it more recently. She told her husband was a friend with two victims, Aftab Hussein and Naeem Hussein.

According to Hartsock, Syed previously had “several minor misdemeanor arrests (by the Albuquerque Police Department) due to domestic violence” and several other incidents. All three previous allegations of domestic violence by Syed faced were fired, Hartsock said.