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Suspect arrested after fatal shooting in Rio Rancho

Suspect turned himself in at a movie theater parking lot

Suspect arrested after fatal shooting in Rio Rancho

Suspect turned himself in at a movie theater parking lot

BUT FIRST, WE START WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A WOMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN RIO RANCHO. IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:00 THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY A MAN WALKED INTO A HOME IN SANDOVAL COUNTY SAYING HE SHOT SOMEONE. WELL, THAT SOMEONE CALLED POLICE OFFICERS MET THE MAN IN A MOVIE THEATER AT PREMIERE PARKWAY IN SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, RIO RANCHO. POLICE FOUND A WOMAN DEAD INSIDE OF A CAR. THEY SAY SHE HAD BEEN SHOT. RIGHT NOW, THE DEPARTMENT NOT SHARING WHO THE MAN IS, BUT THEY DO SAY THERE IS NO THREAT TO T
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Suspect arrested after fatal shooting in Rio Rancho

Suspect turned himself in at a movie theater parking lot

A man is in custody after he told Rio Rancho police he shot and killed a woman Sunday morning.A spokesperson with the Rio Rancho Police Department said a call came in around 4 a.m. saying a man went to a residence claiming that he had shot someone. Officers made contact with the man identified as Matthew Chavez, 23, and he agreed to meet police at the Premiere 14 movie theater, located at Southern Blvd. and Premiere Parkway.Once Chavez arrived at the movie theater, he surrendered peacefully. Officers found a woman dead in the backseat with a gunshot wound. She was identified as 21-year-old Jordan Gallegos and pronounced dead at the scene. Chavez surrendered peacefully at the movie theater following a phone call with his mother. She advised Chavez to turn himself into authorities.

A man is in custody after he told Rio Rancho police he shot and killed a woman Sunday morning.

A spokesperson with the Rio Rancho Police Department said a call came in around 4 a.m. saying a man went to a residence claiming that he had shot someone.

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Officers made contact with the man identified as Matthew Chavez, 23, and he agreed to meet police at the Premiere 14 movie theater, located at Southern Blvd. and Premiere Parkway.

Once Chavez arrived at the movie theater, he surrendered peacefully. Officers found a woman dead in the backseat with a gunshot wound.

She was identified as 21-year-old Jordan Gallegos and pronounced dead at the scene.

Chavez surrendered peacefully at the movie theater following a phone call with his mother. She advised Chavez to turn himself into authorities.