ALAMOSA — A local man was back in court Wednesday morning for two incidents in which he’s being accused — a murder that occurred in August of 2018 and a shooting that happened in October of last year, which is related to the first incident.

Robert Martinez, 29, Alamosa, is facing multiple charges in the murder of Mathius Fritz, 40, of Alamosa. Fritz was found severely beaten and shot on Aug. 9, 2018. Fritz’s girlfriend, Alma Salazar, also was shot, but she survived.

Martinez isn’t alone in these charges. Shawndon McVey, 25, formerly of Texas and now of Alamosa; Shem Brown, 26, of Monte Vista; and Philip Medina, 36, Alamosa, all face the same charges in regard to the murder of Fritz and shooting of Salazar. Medina and Martinez are half brothers.

The charges in this case include multiple first-degree murder charges, kidnapping, robbery, felony menacing and multiple crimes of violence enhancers.

Martinez, however, faces additional charges in regard to the second incident, where he’s accused of shooting McVey as McVey wanted to “come clean” to authorities about the Fritz murder.

McVey admitted to authorities that he was in a “drug haze” for several weeks after the shooting in August and, when he sobered, he realized the severity of what occurred that night.

So, while driving around in the valley in late October of 2018, Martinez is accused of shooting McVey in the head.

Brown, who was driving the vehicle at the time, drove McVey to the hospital.

According to McVey, Martinez went with him to the emergency room to insure McVey didn’t tell the staff that Martinez had shot him.

As a result, Martinez is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and aggravated intimidation of a witness.

All four currently are being held in the Alamosa County Jail.

On Wednesday, Martinez went before District Judge Michael Gonzales for his first appearance in district court.

His attorney, David Lipka, represented his client via speakerphone.

Lipka explained that the defense is having difficulty with discovery issues, particularly in regard to the audio and video files and asked for the court to allow 60 days for him to complete discovery.

District Attorney Crista Newmyer-Olsen informed the court her office didn’t have an objection with the extension.

With that, Gonzales set the next court date for June 18 at 3:30 p.m.

“If the court would allow 60 days … we can access the files and we won’t be asking for much after that,” Lipka said.