ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Police appealed for the public’s help Wednesday as they search for a man they say killed a 4-year-old girl on an Albuquerque freeway in a road rage shooting.
Detectives believe the man in his mid-20s or early 30s was driving a recent model maroon or dark red Toyota Corolla or Camry with a spoiler on the trunk and dark tinted windows, Officer Tanner Tixier said. The car also had a University of New Mexico license plate.
Police Chief Gorden Eden has described the shooting about an hour before the start of Tuesday evening rush hour in New Mexico’s largest city as an unexplainable crime brought on by road rage. Interstate 40, the highway where the shooting happened, would have been heavy with traffic at the time, he said.
“We need the community’s help. You had to have seen something. Please call us,” Eden said.
The assailant and the girl’s father, who was driving a pickup truck, were heading west near the city’s west side when one car pulled up to the other and the assailant opened fire, police said. It’s not clear what led the incident to escalate.