Two New Mexico teenagers are facing murder charges after allegedly fatally shooting a homeless man in a tent last month after he asked them to stop firing into a nearby creek.
City employees with the Albuquerque Community Safety Department found 23-year-old Christopher Sturluson dead in a tent behind an apartment complex on May 1.
Authorities had been called to the area the night prior and spoke to Sturluson, whose tent was set up near an arroyo, also known as a dry creek. He told officers that three people had been shooting in his direction and into the creek, and he requested them to stop.
Using Spotshotter, an acoustic sensor system that detects and locates the source of gunshots in real-time, police learned that a total of 10 gunshots had been fired just before 9 p.m. on April 30…