A SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY NIGHT CLAIMS THE LIFE OF A 15 YEAR OLD BOY. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ THE TEEN WAS HIT BY BULLETS FIRED AFTER A FRIEND PICKED HIM UP FROM A HOME IN THE 200 BLOCK OF BETHEL SOUTHEAST NEAR BROADWAY. SHE SAYS THE SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM A TWO-TONED GREEN LEXUS PARKED ON THE STREET.
OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 400 BLOCK OF SAN JOSE SOUTHEAST NEARBY AROUND 10:30 PM AFTER THE FRIEND CALLED 911. THE TEEN, WHOSE NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED, DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
MARTINEZ SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE GREEN LEXUS WAS DESCRIBED AS AN HISPANIC MALE WEARING A BALL CAP AND BASKETBALL-STYLE JERSEY. A FEMALE WAS ALSO IN THE CAR. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD 242-COPS ARE CRIMESTOPPERS AT 843-STOP.
