A 21-year-old man allegedly shot his personal stepmom at a New Mexico faculty commencement ceremony when she tried to offer him a hug – and even tried to stomp on her, Albuquerque police stated.
Cristian Bencomo was wrestled to the bottom by bystanders after the capturing Thursday on the commencement ceremony for the Southwest Secondary Studying Heart, an Albuquerque constitution faculty, based on a report by KRQE-TV Information.
The surprising incident unfolded round 5 p.m. on the Albuquerque Conference Heart, leaving the sufferer – recognized by the outlet as Victoria Bencomo – hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the neck.
“Someone got here up and shot my sister,” the sufferer’s sister, Angel Chester, instructed the outlet. “Proper within the neck. I preserve considering that it’s a nasty dream that I’ll get up from.”
In response to Chester, her sister invited relations to her son’s commencement and was hugging the youthful boy when Bencomo confirmed up on the conference heart.
“After which once I seemed again Cristian was standing there and my sister truly tried to hug him,” Chester stated. “And he pushed her away after which he simply pulled out the gun.
“After he shot her and he or she fell to the bottom he began stomping on her head,” she instructed KRQE.
She stated Victoria Bencomo is in crucial however secure situation and anticipated to recuperate.
Cristian Bencomo is charged with aggravated battery, unlawful weapons possession and different costs.
