ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Newly released video shows how a high school graduation in Albuquerque unfolded into chaos and terror after a 21-year-old shot his stepmom in the neck. The scene went from celebration to people scrambling for cover after hearing a gun go off in the middle of an auditorium at the downtown Albuquerque Convention Center.
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What was an emotional high school graduation for dozens of families, ends with a gunshot and screaming. It happened last May during the Southwest Secondary Learning Center charter school’s commencement inside the Albuquerque Convention Center.
According to Albuquerque police, just as the ceremony ended, Christian Bencomo went up to his stepmom and shot her in the neck…