UPDATE: The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday afternoon, May 9, that the 7-year-old-boy was located Friday and is no longer considered missing.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In a national news interview Friday, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen confirmed the seven-year-old behind a startling video showing him playing with a gun is the 7-year-old who briefly was considered missing Friday afternoon. Sheriff Allen released the additional information to KRQE News 13 affiliate NewsNation in an interview on “Banfield” Friday.
Details about the incident and video of the two children involved, ages seven and nine, became public during a news conference Thursday. The case occurred roughly three months earlier, in February 2025 at a home in Bernalillo County. Drone video captured the boys carelessly handing a loaded gun
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In an interview on NewsNation, Sheriff John Allen said the two boys are brothers and a concerned neighbor called deputies back in February saying the kids were playing with a gun. The sheriff said one actually pulled the trigger but the gun malfunctioned. The kids ignored the deputies demands so a deputy fired a non-lethal bean bag near them. Deputies were able to go in and take the gun away from them…