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An Otero County jury convicted Isaiah Leonard, 18 of Alamogordo, New Mexico, ofSecond-Degree Murder, Reckless Abuse of a Child Resulting in Death, Tampering with Evidence, Two counts of Assault with Intent to Commit a Violent Felony, Aggravated Battery (Deadly Weapon), Two counts of Abuse of a Child (not resulting in death or great bodily harm), Larceny of a Firearm, Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun by a Person Under the Age of 19, and Unlawful Carrying of a Deadly Weapon in December.
On October 13, 2023, Isaiah Leonard (17 years of age, at the time of the incident) approached a group of minors at the south end of Oregon Park near Charlotte Lane, approximately two blocks from the Alamogordo High School. Leonard made it known to the minors upon his approach that he was in possession of a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and proceeded to confront the minors in an apparent attempt to settle a prior issue. One of the minors positioned themselves in a defensive position behind Leonard and upon seeing the handgun and fearing for the safety of himself and the others, attempted to take Leonard to the ground. Leonard fired three rounds striking three of the minors; fatally wounding Jyrese Collier, (14) of Alamogordo, NM.
The other two minors recovered from their gunshot wounds. Leonard then fled the area and was apprehended by the Alamogordo Police Department a short time later at his home.
The Alamogordo High School, which was still in session, was placed on a shelter in place upon the report of shots being fired in the area. After law enforcement arrived and secured the scene, the shelter in place was lifted and students were released from school.
The case was investigated by the Alamogordo Police Department and the Twelfth Judicial District Major Crimes Unit and prosecuted by Chief Deputy District Attorney Roxeanne Esquibel, Assistant District Attorney Brandi Red, and Assistant District Attorney Ryan Suggs.
Sentencing was set at a later date before the Honorable Stephen Ochoa.
Sunny, with a high of 97 and low of 71 degrees. Sunny for the morning, clear overnight.
where's neighbor john baake - to explain to us that contamination of natural resources really isn't that big a deal....and besides, it's a safe distance from where HE lives.
You must mean thank you to the professional lobbyists, because I'm not finding any professional scientist's or doctors involved in any of these decisions.
of course not - dear leader/elon musk/and the doge boys have cleaned out anyone who had legitimate credentials....nothing left here but worshippers of the orange overlord.
the trump regime is always looking for ways to ****** the rug out from under deserving citizens - so they can stabilize the precarious situation that our poor deserving billionaires find themselves in.
another shout out to our elected state office holders for going to bat for the everyday people of new mexico!
If Senator Martin Heinrich spear headed this legislation, that spear must've ended up in a cow somewhere around Clovis, because it never made it to D.C.
According to the Congressional record, the bill was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio, and co-sponsored by Senator Rick Scott, both of Florida.
another amazingly foolish statement on your part, neighbor.
Gotta love these activists, complaining that the area has passed from defacto control by para-military drug cartels, with orders to shoot anyone they see on site. To control by the US military with orders to warn and detain.
three cheers for the "escalation in the trump administration policy of militarization of the borderlands".  most good americans always wanted to live inside a military zone - just like all the germans in post war berlin...and the delightful 38th parallel in korea.
Could it be much worse than living in or next to a national park, forest, or monument? Or even worse, a state park, forest, or wild life reserve?
The Federal and state land grabs have been astronomical in terms of the sheer amount of acreage seized.
The only thing I have been able to confirm as true is that Donald J. Trump is POTUS.
There are 4 sites reporting the security fence story; deepnewz.com, nriglobe.com, english.mathrubhumi.com, and theteenmagazine.com.