Staff Reports
ALBUQUERQUE — A Zuni man was sentenced to 78 months in prison for the shooting death of an individual in the heat of passion.
According to court documents on Dec. 1, 2024, Glendon Laate, 49, a member of the Zuni Pueblo, shot and killed a man with a homemade shotgun in the heat of passion.
Laate pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Upon his release from prison, Laate will be subject to three years of supervised release.
The Gallup Resident Agency of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Zuni Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Burkhead is prosecuting the case.
