A 21-year-old man allegedly opened fire on his stepmother as she tried to hug him during a New Mexico school graduation ceremony. – He also tried to trample her. This was announced by Albuquerque Police..
At Thursday’s graduation ceremony at Southwest Secondary Learning Center, an Albuquerque charter school, Christian Bencomo was tackled to the ground by bystanders after being shot, according to reports. Reported by KRQE-TV News.
The shocking incident occurred at the Albuquerque Convention Center around 5 p.m., leaving the victim behind. – Press identified as Victoria Bencomo – He was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the neck.
“Someone walked up to her and shot her,” said Angel Chester, the victim’s sister. told the outlet. “It’s on my neck. I keep thinking it’s a bad dream and I’ll wake up someday.”
Chester said her sister had invited relatives to her son’s graduation and was hugging the younger boy when Bencomo showed up at the convention center.
“And I turned around and Christian was standing there and my sister actually tried to hug him,” Chester said. “And he shoved his girlfriend, and then he just pulled out a gun on her.
“After he shot her and she fell to the ground, he started stomping on her head,” she told KRQE.
He said Victoria Bencomo was in a critical but stable condition and expected to recover.
Christian Bencomo is charged with aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon.
