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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 12:21 PM Dec 2021

Argument about a haircut ends with two dead in Pecos

An argument over a haircut went awry, leading to a deadly shooting Saturday night at a home in Pecos, New Mexico State Police said.

Mark Valencia, 40, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and a count of attempted murder after he admitted to police he had killed Steven Singer, 40, of Santa Fe and Eva Aragon, 48, also of Santa Fe, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in San Miguel County Magistrate Court. Aragon was Valencia’s girlfriend, the document said.

Officers found Valencia sitting in the driver’s seat of a brown van parked in front of the house. He was bloodied and possibly intoxicated, the affidavit said. Valencia told state police the four had been drinking together earlier that night. The men then got into an argument because Singer had given him a haircut but “only cut half his hair,” Valencia said, according to the affidavit. As the night went on, the argument escalated.

David Sturgeon said Valencia became upset by his argument with Singer. As the argument escalated, Sturgeon said, Valencia warned the three others he was going to get his gun from his car. When he returned, Sturgeon said, Valencia shot Singer in the face with a black semi-automatic handgun, and then shot Aragon in the head as she tried to tend to Singer’s wounds. Sturgeon ran to a bedroom closet to hide and called 911 as Valencia left the house, yelling that he was going to kill someone.

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/argument-about-a-haircut-ends-with-two-dead-in-pecos/article_6f5d3f72-5c32-11ec-978f-27fe4e6cdf87.html

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Argument about a haircut ends with two dead in Pecos (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 OP
Ah. A human interest story. dchill Dec 2021 #1
Er, looking at that pic...... MyOwnPeace Dec 2021 #2
Left him with a mullet? . . . Journeyman Dec 2021 #3
Looks like a very unhappy individual, who doesn't get enough sleep, etc... secondwind Dec 2021 #4
THIS WAS A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN! AndyS Dec 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author AndyS Dec 2021 #6

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
4. Looks like a very unhappy individual, who doesn't get enough sleep, etc...
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 12:56 PM
Dec 2021

He will get even less sleep where he's going.

AndyS

(14,559 posts)
5. THIS WAS A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN!
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 12:58 PM
Dec 2021

Please note that this was a law abiding citizen and a responsible gun owner ------ until he wasn't anymore.

Criminals leave me alone, someone please save me from the law abiding responsible gun owners!

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