New Mexico teens, 13 and 15, charged with murder in hit-and-run of bicyclist posted on social media

Police successful New Mexico said a 13-year-old lad has been with murder, took an 11-year-old into custody and are searching for a 15-year-old lad successful transportation with the deadly hit-and-run of a bicyclist that was recorded connected video from wrong a stolen car and circulated connected societal media.

Albuquerque constabulary said the 13-year-old and 15-year-old person some been charged with an unfastened number of murder, conspiracy to perpetrate murder, leaving the country of an mishap involving large bodily harm oregon decease and unlawful possession of a handgun by a person.

Authorities judge the 13-year-old was the operator of the car that killed 63-year-old physicist Scott Dwight Habermehl, who was fatally struck astatine astir 4:40 a.m. connected May 29, 2024, arsenic helium was biking to his occupation astatine Sandia National Laboratories. 

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The Albuquerque Police Department office is seen, Feb. 2, 2024, successful Albuquerque, N.M. Two teens person been charged successful the decease of a bicyclist.  (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

The 15-year-old and an 11-year-old boy, who is excessively young to beryllium charged with murder, are believed to person been passengers successful car, constabulary said. 

"The boys videotaped the clang from wrong the car arsenic the operator swerved from the southbound lane connected Moon St. onto a dedicated motorcycle lane and struck Habermehl," a Monday constabulary connection said. The kids successful the car saw the flashing airy connected the bicycle and audio of the signaling indicated they planned to deed the bicyclist."

Video of the clang was recorded from wrong the car and circulated connected societal media. Detectives received a extremity astir the video being posted to societal media. A mediate schoolhouse main besides reported to Albuquerque Public Schools constabulary that a pupil reported the aforesaid video of the crash.

In the recording, a dependable believed to beryllium the 13-year-old operator is heard saying that helium was astir to deed the bicyclist earlier accelerating the car, authorities said. He is past heard saying, "Just bump him, brash," constabulary said. 

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"Like bump him?" the operator asks. 

"Yeah, conscionable bump him. Go like…15…20," different rider said. 

"There were large sounds, including metallic flexing, arsenic the momentum of the clang carried Habermehl and his bicycle connected top, and off, the rider broadside of the vehicle," constabulary said. 

The 11-year-old, who was allegedly waving a handgun astatine the clip of the crime, volition beryllium enactment successful the custody of the state's Children, Youth & Families Department and evaluated. A small implicit a week aft the fatal crash, constabulary had arrested him connected an unrelated felony warrant, according to instrumentality enforcement.

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Detectives are moving with prosecutors and authorities societal workers "to find what charges helium whitethorn look and whether helium tin beryllium held connected those charges," according to the constabulary statement.

The lawsuit echoes a akin hit-and-run successful Las Vegas that killed a retired constabulary main who was bicycling arsenic the teen suspects laughed.