The police came in New Mexico A 13-year-old boy has been murdered and an 11-year-old boy is being detained and is searching for a 15-year-old boy linked to a deadly cyclist who was recorded on a videotape, a stolen car and circulated on social media.
Albuquerque police said the 13- and 15-year-olds were charged with public murder, conspiracy to murder, leaving behind a scene of an accident involving huge bodily injury or death, and illegally possessing a pistol by a person.
Authorities believe the 13-year-old was the driver of the car that killed 63-year-old physicist Scott Dwight Habermehl Deadly attack He was riding a bicycle at Sandia National Laboratories at around 4:40 am on May 29, 2024.
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Two teenagers in New Mexico were accused of cycling at Albuquerque Police Department headquarters on February 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
Police said the 15-year-old and an 11-year-old boy were too young to be charged with murder and were considered a passenger in the car.
“The boys recorded the crash from inside the car as the driver turned from the southbound lane of Moon Street to a dedicated bike lane and hit Humbamb,” a police statement said on Monday. The children on the car saw the recorded bikes and flashing lights on the audio indicating that they planned to hit the bikers. ”
Videos of the crash were recorded from inside the car and distributed on social media. Detectives received a prompt about posting the video to social media. A middle school principal also reported to Albuquerque Public School police that a student reported the same crash video.
In the recording, a driver believed to be 13 years old was heard saying that he was about to hit the biker before accelerating the car, Authorities say. Then he heard him say, “Just hit him, Brash,” police said.
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“It’s like hitting him?” asked the driver.
“Yes, just hit him. It’s like…15…20,” another passenger said.
“As the momentum of the crash put Habermehl and his bike on the passenger side of the vehicle, including metal bending, including metal bending,” police said.
An 11-year-old man allegedly wielding a pistol during the crime will be detained in the state’s children, youth and family departments and evaluated. Police arrested him for a felony order more than a week after the fatal crash, according to law enforcement.
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Detectives are working with prosecutors and state social workers to “determine the charges he may face and whether he can hold the charges under those charges.”
The case echoes similar hits in Las Vegas Killed a retired police chief The teenage suspect smiles and rides a bicycle.
