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Man Charged Over Shooting At Albuquerque Statue Protest

Police arrested Steven Ray Baca for the Monday shooting. It happened during an attempt by protesters to topple a conquistador statue that also drew armed vigilantes to protect it.
A sculpture of Juan de Onate's group of settlers colonizing New Mexico is pictured as workers for the City of Albuquerque remove a sculpture of Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate on Wednesday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A man was shot a day before as a heavily armed militia group attempted to defend the statue from US protestors in New Mexico.

Police in Albuquerque, N.M. have arrested and charged a 31-year-old man over a shooting Monday during an attempt by protesters to topple a conquistador statue that also drew armed vigilantes to protect it. A protesters was seriously wounded during the confrontation.

Albuquerque Police arrested Steven Ray Baca and charged him with.

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