ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man tied to a triple homicide is expected to make his first appearance in federal court Tuesday. According to a criminal complaint, last Wednesday, a car pulled next to Richard Kuykendall in the alley near San Pedro and Cutler.

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As he tried getting in, shots were reportedly fired toward him, however, the Albuquerque Police Department says surveillance video shows him walk to a dumpster where police later found a pistol.

Police say Kuykendall drove to Kaseman Hospital and told a security officer there were three men dead in the car. He was arrested Friday night at a home in east Albuquerque.