ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, THREE TEENAGERS CHARGED IN A TRIPLE MURDER IN VALENCIA COUNTY HAD BEEN KICKED OUT OF A PARTY…AND RETURNED WITH A GUN. THE THREE VICTIMS WERE GUNNED DOWN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ON EAST EL CERRO LOOP NEAR LOS LUNAS.
THE SUSPECTS ARE 19 YEAR OLD ROBERT WILSON, 18 YEAR OLD BRANDON DOWDY, AND 17 YEAR OLD ANTHONY WILLIAM. EACH IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF MURDER. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ONE OF THE VICTIMS. THE SUSPECTS SAY THEY KILLED THE THREE FOR DISRESPECTING THEM.
THE VICTIMS ARE IDENTIFIED AS 40 YEAR OLD DARREN BERNAL AND 28 YEAR OLD NATHAN MORRISON OF BELEN…AND 29 YEAR YEAR OLD JOSEPH SANTIAGO OF ALBUQUERQUE.