Stepson Held Without Bail After Horrifying Incident During Diploma Ceremony
A New Mexico woman was shot in the neck during her son’s graduation Wednesday, with the woman’s stepson charged in the incident. Cristian Bencomo, 21, was arrested after his stepmother, Victoria Bencomo, was shot…
A New Mexico woman was shot in the neck during her son’s graduation Wednesday, with the woman’s stepson charged in the incident.
Cristian Bencomo, 21, was arrested after his stepmother, Victoria Bencomo, was shot, according to KOAT-TV.
Victoria Bencomo was trying to hug Cristian when she was shot, police said, according to KRQE-TV.
“Somebody came up and shot my sister…right in the neck,” Angel Chester, a sister of the victim, said.. “I keep thinking that it’s a bad dream that I’ll wake up from.”
Chester said Victoria Bencomo, invited family members to the Albuquerque Convention Center where her son was graduating from high school from the Southwest Secondary Learning Center Charter School with the ceremony taking place inside the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Victoria Bencomo was hugging her son when Cristian Bencomo came near. She attempted to hug her stepson and was then shot in the neck.
“After he shot her and she fell to the ground, he started stomping on her head,” Chester said, noting that bystanders held down the suspect until police could arrive.
“We’re just still in complete shock that this even happened,” she said.
“We made it all the way through graduation – it was really lovely until it wasn’t,” witness Mary Ward said, according to