ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police and agents from the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office arrested a suspect in connection to a September 2022 murder in Albuquerque.
According to Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, 33-year-old Izaiah Sanchez was arrested Monday as part of Operation Route 66, a multi-agency campaign to get violent offenders off the streets.
Sanchez is suspected of shooting and killing Jacob Leon Rozzi while he was in his car near Old Coors and Central. According to a criminal complaint, Sanchez’s car was caught on surveillance footage near the scene of the shooting and cell phone records were able to track him before and after the incident.