Muhammad Imtiaz Hussain, brother of one of Syed’s victims Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, echoed this sentiment. “This is the maximum punishment can be given in first-degree, second-degree murder.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In court Friday, Muhammad Syed was sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 murders of three Muslim men. Prosecutors say 53-year-old Muhammad Syed shot and killed th… ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – He’s accused of terrorizing the Albuquerque community for weeks, gunning down three Muslim men in the summer of 2022. Investigators once referred to Muhammad Syed as ...

Muhammad Syed sits next to his defense attorney Thomas Clark, left, during closing arguments at the Bernalillo County Courthouse in Downtown Albuquerque, N.M,, on March 15, 2024.

Muhammad Atif Syed has accepted a plea deal that could end the criminal cases tied to three killings that spread fear throughout Albuquerque’s Muslim community in 2022.

Family and friends had one question for 53-year-old Muhammad Syed after he gunned down three Muslim men over a two-week span in 2022, but Syed wouldn’t give an answer.