A New Mexico man shot his brother dead with a rifle and then lay down “next to him on the ground” until authorities arrived, according to cops. The man allegedly told police his sibling was the black sheep of the family who had a history of starting fights and drinking on a daily basis, which he said was “slowly killing us all.”
Benjamin Chess, 55, is facing an open count of murder and tampering with evidence after blowing away his brother, Adam Chess, 54, at their apartment in Albuquerque, according to an Albuquerque Police Department press release sent to Law&Crime.
A neighbor called police after Adam Chess stumbled out of the apartment around 7 p.m. on Thursday and told the resident “his brother … had shot him,” per cops…