Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
Timothy Rose, 10th Judicial District Attorney, puts his hand on a stand of a bust of Victor Breen, a local district attorney who was assassinated on Dec. 1, 1971. The bust is part of a Breen memorial in the lobby of the district attorney's office in Tucumcari.
The assassination of a Tucumcari district attorney 50 years ago this week shocked the region and led to changes in the state's legal system regarding mentally ill suspects.
A man armed with a high-powered rifle shot and killed longtime 10th Judicial...
