Hours before the Albuquerque killings suspect was publicly identified, CNN reporters were inside his home. Here's what happened
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Authorities have arrested 51-year-old Muhammad Syed as a suspect in the killings of two Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, they said Tuesday -- slayings that along with two other killings of Muslim men in recent months have put the city's Islamic community on edge.
Hours before the announcement of the arrest, CNN had been allowed into Syed's home and had spoken to his daughter as the family was still cleaning up after investigators, she said, executed a search warrant the prior night. Living room rugs were tossed around, and the contents of drawers had been strewn about. The flag of Afghanistan -- from where Syed and his family moved several years ago -- hung prominently in the living room.
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