Suspect In Albuquerque, New Mexico Muslim Killings Denies Involvement
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Muhammed Syed of Albuquerque, New Mexico was arrested Monday after a traffic stop for the fatal shootings of four Muslim men.
After he was detained by New Mexico police, the suspect in the killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque denied any connection to the crimes that shook the city and its small Muslim community — and told authorities he was so unnerved by the violence that he was driving to Houston, Texas in search of a new home for his family, court documents said.
The documents made public Tuesday night in a criminal complaint said 51-year-old Muhammad Syed had only clothing, shoes and a handgun in his car when he was arrested Monday during a traffic stop more than 100 miles from his Albuquerque home.
But investigators determined that bullet casings found in Syed's vehicle matched the caliber of the weapons believed to have been used in two of the killings and that casings found at those crime scenes were linked to a gun found at Syed's home, the criminal complaint said.
