VIDEO: Security guard shoots man outside of Albuquerque Halloween store

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New video shows the moments that led up to the shooting of a shoplifter by a security guard outside the Spirit Halloween in October.

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On October 17, 2025, security guard Josiah Armijo with New Mexico Security Services was working a shift at a Spirit Halloween on Carlisle Boulevard and Indian School Road. The workers at the Spirit noticed a man with merchandise in his basket heading to the entrance and not paying for the items. A worker approached the man, later identified as Chase Beltramo, and tried to stop him, but he pushed past her…

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