Martinez was released from prison in 2015 while serving a 35-year sentence at ADX Florence, a federal supermax prison in Colorado. Martinez dealt drugs in the mid-1980s in the same neighborhood where he was killed before he was busted for dealing crack in Washington, DC. “It seems pretty intentional when you shoot somebody five times,” a police source said. Martinez’s vehicle had paper plates from Texas and it wasn’t clear if he had left witness protection entirely or was just back for a visit. Photos from the scene showed his red, bullet-riddled truck. The source, who said Martinez’s vehicle had paper plates from Texas, said it wasn’t clear if Martinez had left witness protection entirely or was just back for a visit. “When you return to the same area, word will get out very fast. “You’d make a lot of enemies who have a score to settle,” the source said. “You were in the witness protection program because you testified against other drug dealers,” the source said. Alberto “Alpo” Martinez was killed in a drive-by shooting as he sat in his 2017 Dodge Ram at 147th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Martinez, whose last known address was in Maine, was rushed to Harlem Hospital but couldn’t be saved.Ī high-ranking police source said Martinez was in danger as soon as he returned to his old stomping grounds.

After he was shot, Martinez lost consciousness and crashed into a parked vehicle. LA Taco Bell worker fatally shot during argument over fake $20 billĭA Alvin Bragg is inviting a criminal free-for-all to ManhattanĬhilling video captures thief pointing gun in fatal Harlem Burger King robberyĪ notorious drug dealer from New York City who served decades in prison for murder - and was in witness protection for testifying against his associates - was slain on a Harlem street corner in his truck Sunday morning, police sources said.Īlberto “Alpo” Martinez, a drug kingpin who was portrayed by Cam’ron in the 2002 movie “Paid In Full,” was killed in a drive-by shooting as he sat in his 2017 Dodge Ram at 147th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard around 3:30 a.m., cops said.

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