Bullets fly through prison guard's home

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man, who had his house shot at, thinks he may have been targeted because he works as a correctional officer at a state penitentiary.

The man, who asked that his identity be concealed, said someone fired five shots into his home near Eubank and Indian School early Saturday morning.

"It came through and went into the kitchen cabinet," he said as he pointed to a patched bullet hole in his dining room wall. "It's just an unbelievable feeling that somebody driving by your home at 3:00 in the morning firing into your home."

One of the bullets zipped into the living room, grazing the computer where his daughter usually sits.

The man said someone may have done it to get back at his son for testifying about a crime months ago.

However, he also fears it is because he works as a corrections officer at the state prison in Santa Fe.

He said he always treats inmates fairly and with respect.

"But here is always that chance these individuals are taking it out on me because I am in that line of work," he said.

The man said the criminals he watches over talk to bad guys on the outside, and that this shooting could be retaliation.

He added that life as a prison guard means he is always watching his back.

"If you walk into a restaurant, or you walk into a building, because you work with people that are locked up," he said. "Albuquerque is really a small town."

Albuquerque Police are investigating the shooting, but so far there is no word on any suspects.