Another MAGA Shooter

From Gina Martinez's 1-17-23 CBS News report entitled "Former GOP Candidate Arrested in Shootings at Homes of Democratic New Mexico Elected Officials":

Albuquerque police arrested a former Republican state House candidate in connection with recent shootings at the homes of Democratic lawmakers.

At a news conference on Monday night, Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina announced that Solomon Pena, 39, was in police custody following a SWAT standoff in Southwest Albuquerque Monday afternoon.

"It is believed that he is the mastermind behind this and that was organizing this," Medina told reporters in front of a projected picture of Pena wearing a red hoodie that reads "Make America Great Again" in front of two Trump flags [...].

Pena is accused of conspiring with and paying four other men to shoot at the homes of 2 county commissioners and 2 state legislators, police said.

Investigators said that five people were involved in the conspiracy and that Pena was directly involved in the final shooting.

To read the entire CBS News report, click HERE.

From POLITICO'S 1-18-23 article entitled "Failed New Mexico Candidate Appears in Court in Shooting Case":

[Solomon] Peña had posted on social media after the November election that it was “rigged” and he would not concede despite losing his bid for the statehouse by a landslide.

According to a criminal complaint, the political newcomer allegedly paid for four men to shoot at Democratic officials’ homes, including one house where a 10-year-old girl was asleep.

The case of Peña, who had posted photos of himself online with Donald Trump campaign material, is one of dozens across the United States where people have threatened, and in some cases attempted to carry out, violence against members of Congress, school board members and other election officials.

A self-proclaimed “MAGA king,” Peña expressed discontent with the election and the certification of the results in a text message sent to one of his alleged coconspirators in November.

To read the entire POLITICO article, click HERE.