POLICE HAVE TWO TEENS IN CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH MURDER. A-P-D’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE HOMICIDE HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MARCH 18TH WHEN A TRANSIENT WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES ON MENAUL, JUST WEST OF I-25.
DROBIK TELLS US 15 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY CHAVEZ AND 17 YEAR OLD ANTHONY GALLEGOS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE COLD-BLOODEDLY KILLED THE TRANSIENT FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN “JUST THE FUN.”
DROBIK SAYS THE TWO LEFT A NEARBY PARTY, SHOT THE MAN SIX TIMES,THEN WENT BACK TO THE PARTY. THE TWO THEN LEFT THE PARTY AND FOUND THE TRANSIENT,SHOOTING HIM SIX MORE TIMES. CHAVEZ AND GALLEGOS WERE ALREADY BEHIND BARS FOR AN ATTEMPTED MURDER ON MARCH 22ND.