Officers focus on ABQ gas station

IT S ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GAS STATIONS IN ALBUQUERQUE MURDERS ASSAULTS YOU NAME IT THE GIANT AT COORS AND ARENAL DEMANDS A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM THE SHERIFF S DEPARTMENT ERIC KAHNERT IS LIVE THERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT S BEING DONE ABOUT THE TROUBLE SPOT ERIC A MURDER HAPPENS HERE JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR AND DEPUTIES GET CALLED OUT HERE JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY THE UNDERSHERIFF SAYS IT S NOT THE GAS STATION S FAULT BUT THE CUSTOMERS THE GIANT AT COORS AND ARENAL IS A GIANT PROBLEM SPOT FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY DEPUTIES ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO A MAN WAS MURDERED THERE AFTER A FENDER BENDER A BULLET EVEN LANDED IN THE NEXT DOOR MCDONALDS PLAYPLACE DEPUTIES RELEASED THIS SKETCH STILL NO SUSPECTS 2 15 there are a lot of calls there -1 IN FACT DEPUTIES WERE CALLED OUT TO THE GIANT 125 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR FOR TWO DOZEN DIFFERENT REASONS THE TOP 5 INCLUDE DISTURBANCE LARCENY DRUNKS ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND 911 HANGUPS 1 37 that particular intersection I think gets a lot of activity because it s a gathering point there s food there there s gas there there s liquor there -10 21 YEAR OLD BRANDON RUSSELL TRIES TO AVOID THE GAS STATION IF HE CAN 15 00 a lot of people try to mess with you start fights with you -2 2 45 it s no secret we have a lot of gang activity in the south valley so we have over- lapping gang territories in the area -6 THE UNDERSHERIFF SAYS BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE A LOT OF CALLS AREN T TO BLAME OFTEN TIMES THE CUSTOMERS ARE AT FAULT 4 06 they certainly don t want shop lifters there they don t want drunks in their business they don t want minors buying alcohol -7 TONIGHT A SPOKESMAN FOR GIANT SAYS a lot of incidents originate off premise and end up there SAYING a lot of people in that neighborhood don t have phones so they run to our store for emergencies TRUE SAYS THE UNDERSHERIFF 2 28 some people go there to call police for activity that s occurred some place else because it s a lighted business -8 THE UNDERSHERIFF SAYS HE D LIKE TO SEE A BETTER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM HERE THE GIANT SPOKESMAN SAYS HIS COMPANY IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN REPORTING LIVE IN THE SOUTHVALLEY EKEYWN4