Albuquerque, nm – Another teenager was arrested on Wednesday for murder and other charges related to deliberate success It targeted a cyclist, said the Albuquerque police.
The detectives learned that the boy was the fourth suspect in the stolen car when he hit and killed the 63 -year -old physicist Scott Dwight Habermehl while bicycle at work at Sandia national laboratories.
The teenager arrested on Wednesday was 15 at the time of the May 2024 accident. The others understood A boy who had just had 11 and two other teenagers.
A video of the accident was recorded from the interior of the car and broadcast on social networks. Authorities were reported earlier this year by people, including a college director, after a student reported.
The authorities said that during the investigation, several people told the detectives that they had recognized the sound of the voice of the fourth suspect when the video had been published on social networks. The teenager had denied being the car in a previous interview with the police, but detectives learned that he had shared details on the accident and the police investigation with friends through conversations on social networks.
The Associated Press generally does not appoint people under the age of 18 accused of a crime.
The case was among those highlighted By the Democratic Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham as well as republican legislators and prosecutors while they were pleading with the legislature led by Democrats to fight against juvenile crimes through the State. Although swearing to do so, the governor has not yet called a special session to bring the legislators back to examine new legislation.
