The man charged in the killings of two Muslim men this summer in Albuquerque knew the victims, according to court records.
Syed left the home in the Jetta before authorities detained him in Santa Rosa, N.M., about halfway between Albuquerque and the Texas border. He told officers that he was driving to Houston “to find a new place for his family to live because the situation in Albuquerque was bad” and mentioned the recent shootings of Muslims, according to the court records., three of which occurred in a 10-day span — had rocked Albuquerque’s 5,000-strong Muslim community.
In an interview with a detective at Albuquerque police headquarters, Syed said he had known Hussain since 2016 and knew of Hussein from “parties in the community.” Both victims were regular members at the mosque, the center’s spokesman, Tahir Gauba, told The Washington Post. , a local television news station: “I believe they will release my father. He didn’t do anything.”
His daughter and wife told the station that they knew three of the victims but that Syed was not responsible for the killings. Shaheen Syed, the elder Syed’s son, told police he was aware of the shootings but was not involved. The elder Syed told authorities that he and his son would sometimes go to the desert to shoot his AK-47 — an activity he described to the police as “hunting” — and that he liked the weapon because he had one in Afghanistan. He told police that he had fought the Taliban there.
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