Muslims being targeted in Albuquerque?

Are Muslim men being targeted for murder in Albuquerque? Color me a little bit more skeptical than the Albuquerque Journal reporting, or the Albuquerque PD, which because of being under a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, has reasons to want to pursue the death of four Muslim men as targeted killings and hate crimes.

First, one of the killings happened last November vs the other three in the last month or two. Is this one really connected? 

Second, the three recent ones, in two the victim has the same last name. Now, "Hussain" is of course a common Middle Eastern last name, and even more in the spelling "Hussein," the name of the third victim. Are they related? The Journal's relatively poor story (boy, that paper has declined) says nothing about whether they are, or are not. That should be SOP in reporting a story like this.

Third, maybe they are targeted, but not as hate crimes. Are they all immigrants, or were any American-born? The Journal says almost nothing, eventually noting that the most recent victim became a naturalized citizen a few weeks ago.

Seriously, it's possible all three are from Afghanistan, or Af-Pak, they helped the US in the war in some way, and they're now being targeted by a Taliban hit squad, either official or unofficial. And, it's possible that the victim last November then was a target without this being a hate crime.

Maybe these are hate crimes, tis true. But, I think other options need to be explored.

Meanwhile, Votemonger Joe has bigfooted his way into the hate-crimes killing angle.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

My suspicious were correct. A man of Middle Eastern heritage, and most likely Muslim himself, Muhammad Syed, has been arrested in connection with the killings. He is expected to be charged with two of the three killings of a week ago, and may be charged with the third, as well as the one last November.

The APD says:

Detectives discovered evidence that shows the offender knew the victims to some extent and an interpersonal conflict may have led to the shootings

It adds that a gun used in at least those two shootings where he will be charged was found at Syed's residence, and that he's got a history of legal run-ins. There you go.

But, wrongful wokeness had to raise its head first.