Suspect from court brawl tied to second homicide investigation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander Segura Ortiz faced a judge Tuesday via Zoom for a murder charge, but that’s not the first time you have seen him.
KOB 4 showed you video Monday of a brawl that happened at Ortiz’s court appearance for another murder.
Two men are charged with jumping over the court gates to attack Ortiz, at least one of them was related to the victim.
Now, police say Ortiz is the man who shot a woman at the Adam Food Market in January 2024. That’s what Tuesday’s less eventful court appearance was all about.
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Ortiz is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend Alianna Farfan in January 2024. Police say the two were arguing in an Albuquerque apartment when Ortiz reportedly shot her.
Then, just six days later, Ortiz allegedly shot and killed a woman at the Adam Food Market.
Surveillance video shows Ortiz walking up to a car parked outside the market before firing three shots and walking away. Nicole Maldonado was sitting in the backseat of the car and later died.
The shooting at Adam Food Market happened before Ortiz was arrested for the apartment shooting.
APD says tips flooded in after we reported the shooting, and they all pointed to Ortiz.
On Monday, Ortiz was formally charged for the Adam Food Market shooting. But he has been in jail for the other charges he’s facing in the apartment shooting. He was arrested for that crime in February 2024.
The court hearing that was broken up by the brawl is rescheduled for Friday.
That deadly shooting was just one of a number of violent incidents at the Adam Food Market around the same time.
The mayor’s office sent the following statement to KOB 4 Wednesday about the Adam Food Market:
“Mayor Keller has gone to great lengths to clean up Central, from shutting down two crime infested hotels, to lighting and landscaping, to building a massive library right up the street. Unfortunately, this business, literally at the highest crime intersection in the city, refuses to close, sell or change its ways despite city efforts.”
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