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Couple charged in NE ABQ homicide

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The young couple told detectives they didn’t want the stranger parking 
near their Northeast Albuquerque apartment, according to police. The 
boyfriend said he shot out the car’s back window to “scare” the man as he 
drove away.

The man in the car, 65-year-old William Vencill, actually lived at the 
complex and had just returned home on Sept. 15. He was hit in the neck by 
a bullet and died at the scene.

Detectives arrested the couple – Emery Gallegos and Savannah Davis, both 
19 – on Wednesday at the bowling alley where Gallegos worked. Both are 
charged with an open count of murder, tampering with evidence and 
conspiracy in Vencill’s death. It is unclear if they have an attorney, and 
their families declined to comment.

Tom Vencill, William’s younger brother, said at the funeral service – 
video of which was attached to his obituary website – that the two were 
close despite a large age difference and taking different paths in life.

“We talked and would text, stayed in touch, but you always look back and 
wish you would have done more,” he said. “But I always appreciated his 
outlook on life. … He never stopped looking for the best in others.”

According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court:

Police responded just before 2 a.m. to a shooting at the Mission Hills 
Apartment complex, near Menaul and Eubank NE. They found Vencill dead in 
the driver’s seat of his car in the parking lot.

Police said the car’s window had been shot out and there was a Vans shoe 
print on the door along with fingerprints on the outside of the vehicle. 
Security video showed a man wearing Vans shoes and a woman walk up to 
Vencill’s car after he drove into the parking lot.

The video showed a man approach the driver’s side as the woman goes behind 
Vencill’s car “as if to block it in.” The car is seen backing away in the 
video, forcing the woman to back up as well, and then turning to drive 
away.

The video showed the man reached out with his right hand, and a “muzzle 
flash” is seen from the man’s hand before the couple run away and Vencill 
crashes into a parked vehicle. In the video, the couple are seen running 
into a specific apartment and, minutes later, coming back outside in 
different clothes.

The video showed the pair run to the car and open the door and “appear to 
be checking on” Vencill. Vencill can be seen moving in the driver’s seat 
and the couple run back to the same apartment.

Police discovered that the apartment was rented by Gallegos and Davis and 
they matched the description of the couple seen in the video. Detectives 
found evidence on Facebook that showed Gallegos sold guns and cannabis 
cigarettes.

Photos on Gallegos’ Facebook included pictures of him holding a gun and 
wearing Vans shoes similar to the print found on Vencill’s car.

Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said after 
their arrest the couple told detectives “they were concerned with Vencill 
parking near their apartment and confronted him as he was looking for a 
parking spot.”

He said the couple told police Vencill tried to reverse and Davis blocked 
his car to prevent him from leaving. The spokesman said Gallegos stated he 
“shot through the back passenger window to scare (Vencill)” as he was 
leaving.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2548507/couple-charged-in-ne-abq-homicide.html

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