A person was found dead with a gunshot wound inside an RV parked at a southeast Albuquerque storage lot, and police have not said whether anyone has been arrested. Officers were called to 7610 Central Ave. SE following reports of a shooting, and once on scene, they located the victim inside the vehicle on the property.
According to KRQE, Albuquerque Police are investigating the deadly shooting at the Central Avenue address, and officers who responded found the person dead with a gunshot wound. The outlet reported the discovery but did not provide further detail on what led up to the shooting. A separate report from KOAT places the scene near the intersection of Central Avenue and San Pablo Street, and that station likewise says police had not released any additional information on the shooting.
Victim Found Inside RV on Storage Lot
The address in question is the A1 Self Storage facility, and the Albuquerque Police Department’s Homicide Unit is leading the investigation, per a report from abqraw.com. That outlet’s account specifies that the person was found deceased, suffering at least one gunshot wound, inside an RV on the lot. Police had not released any suspect information or said whether anyone was in custody, the same report notes, and the surrounding area and the storage facility itself were expected to remain shut down while detectives worked the scene.
Shooting Comes Amid Falling Citywide Homicide Numbers
The investigation unfolds against the backdrop of a notable shift in Albuquerque’s violent crime trends. The city recorded 65 homicides in 2025, its lowest annual total since 2016, according to the Albuquerque Journal. That figure marked a 34% drop from the 99 homicides tallied in both 2023 and 2024, and a steep decline from the back-to-back record highs of 110 slayings in 2021 and 121 in 2022.
Of last year’s homicide count, the Journal reports that APD detectives deemed 11 additional cases justifiable or in self-defense, separate from the 65 total. The department attributed the majority of 2025’s homicides, 27 of them, to what it called individual disrespect, while seven were tied to domestic violence, eight were drug-related, and eight occurred during robberies, per the same outlet’s reporting.
No suspect description, motive, or timeline for the Central Avenue shooting had been made public as of the latest reports. Police have not said whether the case will be counted among the city’s 2026 homicide statistics, and no further updates on the investigation were available.
