New Mexico boy accused of killing family then planned to kill more

[okoye35chiefs]

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — After killing his parents and three younger siblings at home, 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego reloaded an assault rifle and a .22-caliber rifle and planned to go somewhere "populated" and randomly shoot more people until he could be killed in a shootout with law enforcement, authorities said.

The teen also sent a picture of his dead mother to his girlfriend, and met her and her grandmother at the church where his father used to work, according to charging documents.

It wasn't immediately clear if that contact avoided further bloodshed. But a statement of probable cause says Griego spent time at the church, first talking to his girlfriend and her grandmother and then meeting with the church pastor and a security guard.

Church officials called authorities, and Griego initially told arriving officers he had come home Saturday morning after spending time at a friend's house to discover his family dead.

The teen later confessed to shooting his mother because he "had anger issues" and was annoyed with her, the charging document said. He said he killed his siblings after they woke up and became upset, then grabbed his parents' assault rifle and waited in the downstairs bathroom to ambush his father.

After killing his father, Griego said he reloaded the guns so "he could drive to a populated area to murder more people," according to the statement.

His plan, the statement said, was to "shoot people at random and eventually be killed while exchanging gunfire with law enforcement."

"There's no other way to say it, except that we have a horrific crime scene down there that we are working on," Bernalillo County Sheriff Dan Houston said Sunday.

The detectives had finished their work at the home by Monday afternoon. The metal gate at the home's entrance was shut, a small bouquet of purple flowers was on the top of the gate, and at each side there were religious signs, including one that read "Jesus is the reason for the season."

The sheriff's office identified the victims as Greg Griego, 51, his wife, Sarah Griego, 40, and three of their children: a 9-year-old boy, Zephania Griego, and daughters Jael Griego, 5, and Angelina Griego, 2. All appeared to have gunshot wounds to the head.

The teen allegedly told the detective that he took a .22-caliber rifle from his parents' closet around midnight Saturday and shot his mother in the head while his younger brother slept next to her.

Griego told the detective that his brother woke up but did not believe him that their mother was dead, so he showed his mother's bloody face to his brother and then shot him, according to the statement.

The teen is accused of then shooting his two young sisters after they began crying in their room, and retrieving a military-style semi-automatic rifle from his parents' closet and waiting in a downstairs bathroom for his father to come home. The statement said he shot his father multiple times after he passed the bathroom doorway.

Greg Griego was a pastor who had once served at Calvary, one of Albuquerque's largest Christian churches. He also was well-known throughout the law enforcement community for his work as a voluntary chaplain.

Sheriff's Deputy Aaron Williamson confirmed there was no history of any emergency calls to the home in the recent past.

According to the probable cause statement, Nehemiah Griego first told a staff member at Calvary that his family was dead and that he placed the two rifles in the family van as protection before driving to the church. He later changed his story, according to the detective's statement.

Asked if he had said anything to anyone else about killing his family, Griego allegedly told the detective that he had taken a picture of his dead mother and sent it to his girlfriend

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Gravedigger

If one kid can do it, many others can as well. Back in the day kids would just get punished and grow up all ****ed up, then they would call police and child services on their parents, now they'll just kill you. Be better to your kids, take an interest in their daily lives, and don't show them how to shoot your guns that you keep in the house.

I disagree. I make it a point to show my kids the right time and place to shoot guns. In fact, I've told them that they can see, and shoot my guns whenever they want as long as they ask me and I go with them. My guns are taken apart, so they can't get to them, but I feel like if there is no mystery to it, and they are proficient at handling them, they are not going to get in trouble with guns.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I think this may be a legitimate contender for the worst birthday party ever.

You've never been to an American Doll party?

[okoye35chiefs]

Originally Posted by tooge

You've never been to an American Doll party?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by tooge

You've never been to an American Doll party?

I concede your point and withdraw my claim.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by munkey

I grew up in Albuquerque and can tell you there are certain parts/areas you don't even contemplate wandering into...don't miss it what so ever...

It's like that in every city. Compared to most major cities though, ABQ is as tame as you can get.

[suzzer99]

Yay now my day is ruined. When will I learn to never read these things?

[BlackHelicopters]

Hope this kid is getting the help he needs from this country's superior mental health system.

[Ace Gunner]

My Comprehensive plan-

*Ban .22's
*Ban Mexicans

thx

[suzzer99]

Unbalanced teens and guns - always a winning combo.

[Imon Yourside]

Man what a horrible mess. Demonic possession for sure.

[Iowanian]

Society is raising a generation of pathetic asswipes.

[LiveSteam]

Just shove more pills down there throats. Thats the answer

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by WV

Gotta love the spin on the article. They barely mention the assault rifle wasn't used at the end, but let's make sure to point it out multiple times so our article gets lumped in with all the other scary assault weapon ones.

Horrible event and obviously a disturbed kid.

It doesn't say he shot his father with an assault rifle?

That's how I'm reading it anyway.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by okoye35chiefs

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — After killing his parents and three younger siblings at home, 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego reloaded an assault rifle and a .22-caliber rifle and planned to go somewhere "populated" and randomly shoot more people until he could be killed in a shootout with law enforcement, authorities said.

The teen is accused of then shooting his two young sisters after they began crying in their room, and retrieving a military-style semi-automatic rifle from his parents' closet and waiting in a downstairs bathroom for his father to come home. The statement said he shot his father multiple times after he passed the bathroom doorway.

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[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by tooge

You've never been to an American Doll party?

I have a niece in love with those things.....ughhh.....

It's a cult society they have going on, i swear.