Real World Police: Homicide In Albuquerque (Offender Still On Scene)
Update: I just posted follow-up footage showing the interior of APD's Mobile Crime Lab, as investigators recover forensic evidence from the offender's clothing. That video can be found at http://tiny.cc/crimelab.
On October 29, 2017 Steve Kramer, 42 years old at the time, was arrested and charged with the murder of Vincent Guttierez in the campaign office of former mayoral candidate Dinah Vargas.
According to the criminal complaint the murder was witnessed by Vargas, and those who knew Kramer report that the murder was preceded by a precipitous slide into mental illness and methamphetamine abuse by Kramer, who had just a few years prior co-founded a media organization with the hope of helping the homeless - people like Vincent Guttierez, Kramer’s victim.
Friends reported that Kramer’s troubles began when he disappeared for a long period of time, only to return and report that he - a highly educated architect - was homeless and abusing hard drugs. That was followed by months of bizarre behavior, which included stripping naked outside and paranoid belief that the police department was bugging his person.
Eventually, it seemed, Kramer only trusted Vargas, and he and would occasionally be seen at her campaign headquarters. Vargas told police that she had been at her Albuquerque office at Central and Rio Grande earlier the day of the murder to pack it up, but she realized she left some belongings behind and returned around 10:30 p.m.
Kramer is reported to have arrived at the office at the same time. Vargas told police his behavior was strange and he kept making grunting noises along with talking to himself angrily in the bathroom.
While at the office, Gutierrez arrived and Vargas let him in. Guttierez had been living with his girlfriend in a trailer in the parking lot, where they had received permission to park. Vargas is reported to have said that because the office was closing, some of the furniture was going to Gutierrez.
Vargas told police that everyone sat down at a table to talk, and that Kramer was still making “grunting” noises. As she stood up to end the conversation and leave, she said she heard a popping noise. Kramer then turned to Vargas and asked “Was I not supposed to do that?” while holding a literally smoking gun.
Vargas says that she screamed and said they needed to call the police and Kramer replied, “We need to go out the back door, I don’t want to have to kill you.”
According to the complaint, Vargas told police that she fled the office building and called the police.
This is the footage from the body camera of the first officer that responded to the scene that night.
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