Man, 3 Women Arrested In Alleged Drive-by Shooting

By John Larson

SOCORRO – A Socorro man, Carlos Alvarado, 22, was bound over to District Court following a preliminary hearing in Magistrate Court Wednesday for his part in an alleged drive-by shooting that occurred Tuesday, June 8.
Three women were also arrested in connection with the incident.
According to the criminal complaint, Alvarado, Rhiannon Savedra, 28, Marcella Alvarado, 21, and Annette Lucero, 26, were each charged with two fourth degree felonies; shooting at an occupied dwelling and conspiracy. In addition, Alvarado was charged with felon in possession of a firearm, felon fleeing, and tampering with evidence.
A preliminary hearing for Rhiannon Savedra has been continued until Aug. 4. She was released Wednesday.
In the report filed by Officer Rocky Fernandez, evidence indicated that Carlos Alvarado, Rhiannon Savedra, Marcella Alvarado, and Annette Lucero were in a car from which several shots were fired, hitting two residences.
The complaint said that officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Second Street at 11:36 p.m.
Witnesses at the residence said that Alvarado and Savedra “were coming up to the stop sign at Ivy and Second when some yelling started, and then someone in the vehicle Alvarado and Savedra were operating started shooting and they all began to run and hide.”
Fernandez counted four bullet holes in the mobile home as well several on the left side of a parked Ford pickup truck. The pickup was also leaking gasoline, indicating the fuel tank was hit. One bullet hole was also found in the trailer next door.
The officer found several spent shell casings on the roadway, leading from the stop sign at Ivy and continuing onto Second Street in a circular direction.
In the meantime, Capt. Angel Garcia reported to dispatch he was in pursuit of one of the suspects in the drive by, Carlos Alvarado. Garcia pursued the vehicle “around Chaparral Drive, down Cassady, around the ditch bank, and back to Carlos Alvarado’s residence located at Shady Nook Trailer Court,” where he apprehended Alvarado.
The weapon believed to be used in the drive by shooting - a 9mm Beretta handgun belonging to Carlos Alvarado - was eventually found on Cassady following a perimeter search.
During that perimeter search the vehicle involved in the Theresa Saiz-Chavez death was located.

Man, 3 Women Arrested In Alleged Drive-by Shooting