Albuquerque Mother Charged After 10-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Teen

A 10-year-old boy fatally shot a 16-year-old neighbor during a Halloween-night fight outside an Albuquerque apartment complex that began with a dispute over loud music. At a court hearing, a detective testified that security footage showed the boy’s mother, Elaina Gomez-Villeda, telling him to get a gun and warning that he was about to shoot; the boy fired a stolen handgun, and investigators found five other firearms. Gomez-Villeda’s attorney argued that the boy took the gun after she was attacked and that she never told him to shoot. She faces murder, child-abuse and other charges and was ordered held until trial; her son is not facing criminal charges.