Man accused of pointing gun at neighbors appears in court

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man who admitted to holding his neighbors at gunpoint appeared in court Thursday for a detention hearing. According to a criminal complaint, 45-year-old Damien Hall accused his neighbors of stealing his gun.

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When the victims assured Hall they did not take any firearms, he pulled out a different gun and pointed it at them, demanding a confession. Deputies say when the owner of the apartment complex tried to confront him, he shot a round next to her ear. Hall admitted to deputies that he pointed the gun at them as a scare tactic and “had gone about things in the wrong way.”

Jude Jennifer Wernersbach ruled Hall will not be held behind bars through his trial…

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