Suspect named in ice cream vendor murder

SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR. THE MAN IS ALSO A SUSPECT FOR ANOTHER MUR...  More »

SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR. THE MAN IS ALSO A SUSPECT FOR ANOTHER MURDER ... SEVERAL YEARS AGO. KAYLA ANDERSON IS LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH DETAILS: POLICE SAY A WITNESS PICKED OUT THE SUSPECT FROM A PHOTO LINE-UP. THE SUSPECT IS ONLY 20-YEARS-OLD ... BUT HE'S ALREADY GOT QUITE A RECORD ... THE WITNESS TELLS POLICE HE SAW MATTHEW BARRAZA, WITH A GUN, RIGHT AFTER JOSE RIVERA WAS GUNNED DOWN JUNE 21ST AT 11TH AND COAL. POLICE SAY RIGHT NOW -- THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO CHARGE BARRAZA. BUT THEY SAY BARRAZA HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE STREETS FOR VIOLATING PAROLE. HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A POLICE OFFICER IN EARLY JUNE ... WHILE HE WAS OUT ON BAIL PENDING TRIAL FOR A 2003 MURDER. HE WAS JUST 16 WHEN HE WAS ACCUSED ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS ... OF KILLING A MAN AT THE WEST SIDE RED ROOF INN. THAT CASE HAS STALLED ... AFTER A KEY WITNESS DIED OF CANCER. DETECTIVES ALSO BELIEVE BARRAZA WAS INVOLVED IN A COUPLE OF ARMED ROBBERIES IN THE DAYS AFTER RIVERA'S MURDER. REPORTING LIVE IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE, KAYLA ANDERSON EYEWITNESS NEWS 4  « Less