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WEBVTT WE ARE GOING LIVE TO THE PPRESS CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW. P>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT PTO REMIND THE MEDIA AND EVERYONE PWATCHING THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND PTHERE ARE RUMORS. PI HAVE BEEN ASKED NUMEROUS PQUESTIONS. PTHE INFORMATION WE DO KNOW AND PTHAT WE CAN PROVIDE FACTS FOR PAND PROVIDE PROOF, WE HAVE BEEN PPROVIDING, AND WE WILL CONTINUE PTO PROVIDE AS NEEDED. PTHE FACTS OF THE INVESTIGATION PWILL BE REPORTED TODAY, AS LIES PALL THE FACTS OF THAT WERE PREPORTED ARE ALL FACTS AND PINFORMATION WE CAN CONFIRM AND PWE HAVE PROOF. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PINVESTIGATION FOR THE PDETECTIVES. PSTARTED AROUND 6:30 LAST NIGHT. PTHE DETECTIVES DID NOT LEAVE PAROUND -- UNTIL AROUND 6:30 PA.M., AND SOME ARE STILL PWORKING. PTHIS IS BEEN AN ONGOING PINVESTIGATION. PA VERY LONG DAY FOR A LOT OF PPEOPLE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. PTHEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO PDO. PWE WILL FIND OUT WHAT OCCURRED, PWHAT WENT ON, AND THE FACTS. PWE WILL START OFF WITH THE PSUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS THE POFFENDER. HIS NAME IS GEORGE DANIEL W PHSELR. PHE'S AN ALBUQUERQUE NEEDED AND P45 YEARS OLD. PDURING THE COURSE OF THE PINVESTIGATION, WE DETERMINED PTHAT THE FEMALE VICTIM THAT PSUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND WAS PDATING THIS MAN FOR A SHORT PAMOUNT OF TIME. PTHE AMOUNT OF TIME, WE ARE PUNSURE OF.& THEY DID BREAK UP. PIT WAS THE DECISIO OF THE PFEMALE TO BREAK UP WITH THE PMAIL. THE MELAS ASKED REPEATEDLY NOT PTO HAVE CONTACT WITH HER. P-- THE MAN WAS ASKED REPEATEDLY PNOT TO HAVE CONTACT WITH HER. PWE DID LEARN THA HE ASKED TO PBRING THE CHILDREN CHRISTMAS PPRESENTS, AND SHE DENIED HIM. PSHE SAID SHE DID NOT WANT HIM AT PTHE HOUSE OR ANY CONTEXT. PWE WANT TO REITERA SHE ASKED PTHIS GUY SEVERAL TIMES NOT TO PCONTACT HER OR COME TO THE PHOUSE. PAS W UNDERSTAND, HE WENT OVER PTO THE HOUSE ANYWAY. PHE DID BREAK INTO THE RESIDENCE. HE DOES HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY. P2004, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR PRECKLESS DRIVING. P2002, ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT, AND PA STALKING CHARGE. PHE PLED GUILTY AND NO CONTEST TO PMISDEMEANOR STALKING AND PASSAULT. PHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY FELONY PHISTORY AS OF YET. PWE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE PABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. POTHER -- HE HAD A PHYSICAL FIGHT PWITH HIS BROTHER IN AUGUST 2015. PIN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR HE WAS PTRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL PAFTER MAKING SUICIDAL STATEMENTS P, AFTER MAKING STATEMENTS TO AN POFFICER AND A FRIEND THAT CALLED PPOLICE. PHE WAS TRANSPORTED FOR PEVALUATION. PTHE RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN AND WE PWILL NOT BE ABOUT TO RELEASE PTHAT UNTIL THE END OF THE PINVESTIGATION. PTHE JEEP THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT PTHAT HE WAS DRIVING BUT NOT PBELONGING TO HIM. PIT IS BEING PROCESSED FOR PEVIDENCE. PIT IS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. PCONDUCTING A FIREARMS PINVESTIGATION AS WELL. PWE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO PA FULL INVESTIGATION, AS WE DO PWITH EVERY INVESTIGATION. PWE WANT TO FIND OUT AS MANY PFACTS AND AS MUCH INFORMATION AS PWE CAN TO RECONSTRUCT EVERYTHING P. PTHIS IS AN ONGOING PINVESTIGATION. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIND POUT MORE INFORMATION AND MORE PFACTS. PTHE MORE FACTS WE CAN PROVE, THE PMORE WE CAN REPORT ON. PTHAT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR PTHE MEDIA TO DO, REPORT ON THE PFACTS. PANYTHING THAT COMES FROM THE PPOLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE STUFF PWE CAN PROVE.THAT IS WHAT WE PWANT P. PWE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS THE PPOLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PCOMMUNIT AND WE ASK ANYONE PFOLLOWING THE CASE THAT WE DO PNOT READ VICTIMIZE THE VICTIMS. PTHERE WERE THREE SMALL VICTIMS PAND A MOTHER. PTHERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF STUFF PGOING ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND POTHER PEOPLE TRYING TO PINTERVIEW, THE FAMILY, AND EVEN PTHEY HAVE ASKED US REPEATEDLY TO PHAVE THAT STOP WE WANT TO PRESPECT THAT. PWE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE SPACE PTHEY NEED TO GET THROUGH THE SITUATION. PIT'S A TOUGH SITUATION. PI CANNOT IMAGINE HAVING TO GO PTHROUGH THAT AS A PARENT. PWE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A PROOM THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO PCONTINUE, AND TO MOVE FORWARD. PTHIS IS SOMETHI THAT WILL HAVE PA LOT OF QUESTIONS LATER ON. PHOPEFULLY, LATER ON WE CAN PCONDUCT AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PFEMALE AND FIND OUT WHAT MAY PHAVE HAPPENED. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS IS PALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE THAT PWE CAN CONFIRM FACTS ON. PINVESTIGATORS ARE CONSTANTLY PTRYING TO FIND OUT MORE FACTS, PAND DO MORE INVESTIGATIONS. PHESTON AS WE CAN CONFIRM PINFORMATION THAT IS VALID, WE PWILL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. P DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THEY PMIGHT HAVE BEEN DATING FOR? P>> WE DON'T KNOW. PTHE INVESTIGATORS, ANYTHING PEVIDENCE PROCESSED AT THE SCENE, PWE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. PONCE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR PRELEASE, IT WILL BE RELEASED. P>> WAS HE ALWAYS IN HIS OWN PRESIDENCE? P>> WE DON'T KNOW. PWE DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE PINTERVIEW THE FEMALE VICTIM. PSHE IS STILL IN CRITICAL PCONDITION. PSHE IS UNABLE TO DO AN PINTERVIEW. PSHE WILL HAVE A LOT OF KEY PPOINTS THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO PFIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. P>> HOW DID THEY MEET? P>> WE DON'T KNOW. P>> AND YOU MENTIONED THEY BROKE PUP, HOW LONG AGO? P>> WE DON'T HAVE THAT PINFORMATION. PSHE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT PINFORMATION. PUNTIL WE CAN TALK TO HER, WE PDON'T KNOW. PIF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE PCANNOT TALK TO HER, WE MAY NEVER PKNOW THESE QUESTIONS. P>> IS SHE AWAKE RIGHT NOW? P>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER CURRENT PSTATUS IS. PFOR IT -- SHE IS CRITICAL. PHER MEDICAL NEED IS MORE PIMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE PRIGHT NOW. PWE WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE IS PTAKEN CARE OF AND SHE RECOVERS. PWE DON'T WANT ANY ADDITIONAL PSTRESS ON HER. PUS FORCING AN INTERVIEW AND PFORCING HER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT PHAPPENS MAY HINDER HER RECOVERY. PWE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT UNTIL PTHE DOCTORS FEEL WE CAN TALK TO PHER. P>> WHERE WAS SHE SHOT? P>> I DON'T KNOW. THE VICTIM THAT WAS IN THE PASSAULT CASE WAS ANOTHER FEMALE PTHAT WAS NOT PART OF THE PSITUATION LAST NIGHT. P WAS THE SUSPECT AND OTHER PFEMALE IN A RELATIONSHIP? P>> YES, YOU HAVE TO BE IN A PRELATIONSHIP TO HAVE A HOUSEHOLD PMISDEMEANOR CHARGE. P>> WHAT IS HIS NAME? P>> HIS NAME IS GEORGE DANIEL PWECHSLER.