New Mexico mother face charges after ten year old shoots neighbor

A mother appeared in court in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on Friday after her 10-year-old son allegedly shot and killed a 16-year-old neighbor outside her Albuquerque apartment. The New York Post reported that 40-year-old Elaina Gomez-Villeda was charged following the fatal altercation that occurred around 4 p.m. on Halloween. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the victim was 16-year-old Keinerlein Rangel, who was shot during a dispute over loud music. [1][9]

During the court hearing, local news station KRQE reported that Albuquerque Police Detective Chase Jewell presented evidence from the incident. According to the New York Post, Detective Jewell testified that security footage captures Gomez-Villeda telling her son to get the gun, and that she warned her neighbors her son was going to shoot them during the melee. [1]

Albuquerque is the largest city in New Mexico, a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States. New Mexico has a high poverty rate of 16.4 percent, which exceeds the national average, and experiences property crime rates 53 percent above national levels. [7][8]

The latest court appearance follows the arrest of Gomez-Villeda after the shooting. As FTMQ News reported earlier, Gomez-Villeda allegedly texted her husband stating that she was probably going to jail before she called emergency services to report the incident. [9]