US teen shoots five dead in New Mexico

January 20, 2013 11:27 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 11:01 pm IST - ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico

Authorities in New Mexico say a teenage boy has fatally shot two adults and three children inside a New Mexico home.

The boy faces murder and other charges.

Bernalillo County sheriff’s spokesman Aaron Williamson says the boy’s motive and connection to the five victims aren’t immediately known.

Mr. Williamson says investigators who received a report of the shooting on Saturday night are trying to determine whether the victims were related.

The victims’ identities haven’t been released.

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