ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Barelas community is in mourning on Friday after a gunman went into Por Vida Tattoo on Thursday and fatally shot the owner.
Friends and those who knew John “Bale” Sisneros said he was so much more than a tattoo artist.
“Yesterday was a very, very sad day. It hit us all really hard,” said Ernie C’deBaca, CEO of Hispano Chamber of Commerce.
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“He will be missed in so many different facets of what he participated in,” Ruben Garcia, friend of the Sisneros.
A father, a son, and a great member of the community: that’s how those who knew Bale Sisneros are remembering him.
“He was very opening and very giving always happy. I’ve never seen him angry in the whole time I met him,” said Garcia.
Sisneros’ life was taken on Thursday after someone entered the Por Vida Tattoo around 8 a.m. near Fourth Street and Coal Ave and shot Bale to death inside his own business.
“I don’t think the person who did this knows the impact [of] all of the stuff he did for the community the schools and all the donations he did,” said C’deBaca.