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Hearing OpensIn Slayinglt;FA preliminary bearing on a charge of murder against David Tapia, 28, started today before Justice of the Peace Flavin Romero,Tapia is accused of shooting io death Tony Prado i Chapa, 24, of 3516 Cammo Al- t ameria SW, at Iho El how Roam Bar, 2It) Second SW, on Oct, 7.Mrs, Celia SandovaT, 215, First St, SW, testified she had!1 gone in the bar 'with Tapia,|r ordered 1wo boor?? and lalerjn heard a noise like a fire-e cracker.”Mrs. Sandoval, who said she had he on living with Tapia al 514 Coal SW, said she saw Chapa, who was bar-:tender, lying on the floor Rnd]° Tania leaving the bar. \Never Saw A CunShe did not see a gun and n had never seen Tapia with if a gun. Mrs. Snnrmval tesli-f,' fied, rrlthciugn she suiri the de-jl*fendant had told her so me1 'IFone.weeks hefore about having;fThe incident came, Mrs.;r Sandoval said, after Tapia; e had tried to shake lianas sev-;f era! limes with Chapa whoje refused. She said Chapa Jiad-j, called Tapia a esbron v.dno.T,jfiThe witness said Tapia had:I' not warded to go in the barj 1, in ihe first place “because! r they didn't like him in there” jc but that she lalkcd him into h it. Prior to going m the El-In bow Room that afternoon.!Mrs. Sandoval sard, she and ir Tapia had been drinking in:M several other bars. js:She described Tapia as’? “loaded'1 and ‘‘staggering si**little.”Mrs. Sandoval testified Ta- pfa had Ioid her about hav- ' ing a fight with Chana some-atime before but denied ur.dcr, cross examination by Asst.!1'. Dist. A;ty. Jack Love ihal|“ Tapia ever toid her he was:,;to ,rget even” I!i'■ a:Heard ‘That Bang'Gil 'Romero, 1413 G allegos jItiRoad SW, said he was inside! the bar making a liquor de- ^ Is very when he heard that abang.” He Justified hesawb:Chapa on the floor but said: he didn't see the defendant. ^C-ly Pnliccman K. L. mero testified Chapa had v. been shot behind the rieh; ear?st and said he was present at an;'autopsy when the bullet was removed, mThe hearing was marked with loud shouting by defense. attorney Charles Driscoll in a] bested exchanges with Love..^Aiso representing Tapi« ii . lcrn*y Larry Tapia, ;’S-
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Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Mon, Nov 15, 1965
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