Police investigate early morning homicide

LEAVES A MAN DEAD IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE .. AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO ...  More »

LEAVES A MAN DEAD IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE .. AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH ANSWERS. VALERIE CASTRO IS LIVE NEAR INDIAN SCHOOL AND MORRIS WITH THE LATEST ON WHAT POLICE KNOW ABOUT THE DEADLY SHOOTING. TONIGHT POLICE ARE ASKING FOR A LOT OF HELP WITH THIS CASE BECAUSE THEY SAY RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO WITNESSES TO THE SHOOTING AND NO MOTIVE. WHAT'S EVEN MORE PUZZLING IS THAT NEIGHBORS SAY THE VICTIM AND HIS WIFE MOVED INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ONLY A MONTH AGO. POLICE SAY AROUND 3:30 THIS MORNING THE VICTIM'S WIFE CALLED 9-1-1 FROM THEIR HOME SAYING HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN SHOT ON THE 11-THOUSAND BLOCK OF HANNETT AVENUE. 40-YEAR OLD SCOTT PIERCE WAS RUSHED TO UNM HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED. POLICE SAY THEY DON'T BELIEVE PIERCE'S WIFE WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS SHOT INSIDE THE HOME. 'She did not know if someone had gone into their home, she couldn't provide a lot of information.' NEIGHBORS SAY THEY AWOKE TO POLICE KNOCKING ON THEIR DOORS ASKING FOR ANY WITNESSES. 'And they just asked you know, did you hear any gunshots? and i said no.''Right now we don't have a lot of witnesses, we don't know a motive, we don't know really too much so we need to find out more information.'LEO SANDOVAL SAYS HE NEVER SPOKE TO HIS NEW NEIGHBORS BUT HE HAD NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM. 'It's just a couple, so they were quiet, you know i was pleased.' POLICE SAY THIS DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A RANDOM SHOOTING BUT THEY'VE RULED OUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A BREAK-IN GONE WRONG. 'And from what i understand police don't think this was somebody just breaking in it was somebody who knew him.'ACCORDING TO POLICE -- PIERCE'S WIFE IS BEING INTERVIEWED RIGHT NOW BUT SHE HAS NOT BEEN NAMED AS A SUSPECT. POLICE ARE NOT RULING OUT THAT THIS COULD BE GANG RELATED. LIVE IN NORTHEAST ABQ ....VC..EWN 4. A PRIVATE  « Less