A 13-year-old boy is accused of murder for alleged intentional mowing of a cyclist in a stolen car-alleged by two other boys, including a rifle-waving 11-year-old who laughed while they filmed the deadly crash, according to the police.
Johnathan Overbay was reportedly behind the wheel around 4:40 am last year when he deliberately walked off the road and Scott Dwight Habermehl, 63, who cycles to his job at the Sandia National Laboratory, According to the Albuquerque Police Department.
The young teenager was caught after the police were tipped for a pathogenic video of the crash that was shared on social media.
It showed a young driver who said he was about to hit the cyclist and accelerate the stolen car-with a young passenger, later identified as the 15-year-old William Garcia, who encouraged him not to go too fast, the police said.
“Just ahead of him, Brah,” Garcia said, with the driver who answered, “Like, bumps him?”
“Yes, just bump him,” Garcia would have told him then. “Go as … 15 … 20.”
When the car approached the cyclist, an 11-year-old boy waved in the front passenger chair with a gun and laughed while the front of the vehicle met the innocent cyclist, Cops said.
The police investigated the deadly crash at the time, but only received leads when he was tipped about the video on social media.
Police officers already had mobile phones from the 11-year-old and overbay from previous investigations. Overbay is also accused of various crimes in the month before the deadly crash, including abuse, breaking and coming in and more, According to Kob 4.
The accused driver was arrested on Monday and accused of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, leaving the scene of an accident with a lot of physical injury or death and illegal possession of a gun.
The police are still looking for Garcia, who is confronted with the same charges.
The 11-year-old is too young to be accused of murder, the police said, adding that they can be revised which charges can be submitted.
The boy was arrested on Tuesday, Krqe reportedIdentify him as Messias Hayes.
He has an extensive criminal history and is supposed to be connected to a series of crimes, including shooting, burglary and more, the APD said Tuesday.
