LIVE
AT 6:00.
SHELLEY: BREAKING NEWS.
WE HAVE LEARNED THE MOTHER OF
DAMIEN HERRERA HAS PASSED AWAY.
THAT MEANS FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED
AFTER A SHOOTING SPREE ACROSS
THREE DIFFERENT CRIME SCENES IN
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
DAMIEN HERRERA WAS ARRAIGNED
THIS MORNING AFTER BEING
ARRESTED BY STATE POLICE LAST
NIGHT.
LEAVING A STRING OF BODIES IN
VALLECITO TRES PIEDRAS AND
ABIQUIU.
WE WILL NOW GO TO ROYALE DA.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ACROSS NEW
MEXICO.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
ROYALE: I AM ANGRY LIVE FROM
ESPANOLA TONIGHT.
SO MANY IN THESE NORTHERN NEW
MEXICAN COMMUNITIES SHAKEN BY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
WE HAVE OUR TEAM WORKING EVERY
ANGLE OF THE STORY.
NANCY LAFLIN DIGGING INTO THE
PAST, MEGAN CRUZ SPENT ALL DAY
IN THE AREA WHERE THE SHOOTING
STARTED.
CHRIS GUARDARO WAS BRIEFED BY
INVESTIGATORS AND WILL LET US
KNOW WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
KAY DIMANCHE HAS A TIMELINE FOR
ALL OF OUR VIEWERS.
AND WE HAVE JUSTIN MATTHEWS WHO
HAS MORE ON THE VICTIM IN THE
CONVENIENCE STORE.
WE WILL SPEAK WITH CHRIS
GUARDARO FIRST.
THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY.
CHRIS: LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS A
SHOOTING THIS HORRIFIC HAS NOT
HAPPENED IN DECADES, AND THEY
ARE RELIEVED HE IS NOW IN
CUSTODY.
>> TRAGEDY STRUCK NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO YESTERDAY.
CHRIS: STATE POLICE SAY THEY ARE
VERY CONFIDENT HERRERA ACTED
>> NONE OF THESE VICTIMS HAD A
CHANCE.
CHRIS: POLICE TOLD US CAREER IT
USED THE SAME BLACK REVOLVER TO
KILL EACH OF HIS VICTIMS.
THE RIO ARRIBA COUNTY SHERIFF
CONFIRMED THE TWO MEN KILLED
AFTER HERRERA SHOT HIS FAMILY
MEMBERS NEVER KNEW THE ALLEGED
MURDER.
>> HE DID NOT KNOW HIM.
THE VICTIM FROM TRYST.
TRUST WAS A VICTIM OF -- TRES
PIEDRAS WAS A VICTIM OF
CIRCUMSTANCE.
CHRIS: THE INVESTIGATOR ALSO
SHED LIGHT ON WHEN HERRERA
ENCOUNTERED A DEPUTY.
>> HE WAS NOT ARMED WITH A
FIREARM.
HE DID RUSH THE DEPUTY, AND THE
SCUFFLE ENSUED OVER THE
PENTAGON.
CHRIS: CONNECTIVITY SUFFERED
MINOR INJURIES.
THE SHERIFF SAYS MENTALLY, HE IS
DOING WELL.
>> THAT IS A FRIGHTENING
EXPERIENCE TO GO THROUGH FOR
ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY A LINE FOR
OFFICER.
CHRIS: THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAY
THIS TO THE GRIEVING FAMILY.
>> NO ONE CAN FATHOM BEING IN
THIS SITUATION.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM.
CHRIS: THE DA SAID THAT HERRERA
IS FACING 4 CONCERT MURDER,
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND
UNLAWFUL TAKING OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE.
ROYALE: WE WILL GO NOW TO JUSTIN
MATTHEWS, WHO HAS THE LATEST ON
THE SHOOTING AT THE CONVENIENCE
STORE.
POLICE TELLING US THIS WAS A
CHANCE ENCOUNTER THAT TURNED
DEADLY.
JUSTIN: NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE
SAY THAT HERRERA GOT TO THE
BODY'S GAS STATION AND VIDEO
CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE.
IT SHOWS HERRERA WASHING HIS
WINDOWS.
POLICE SAY HERRERA SHOT AND
KILLED THE VICTIM AS HE PULLED
AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION.
HE WORKED AS A SECURITY GUARD AT
THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
SINCE 2006.
THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR SEIJI AND
THE STAFF WERE DEEPLY SADDENED.
HE WAS A COMMITTED AND
TRUSTWORTHY EMPLOYEE AND A
FRIEND.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO GET IN
CONTACT WITH SERRANO'S COUSIN,
WHO SAYS HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN
AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP
THOSE IN NEED.
HE WAS A KIND, LOVING, AND
FAMILY-ORIENTED PERSON.
HE LEFT BEHIND HIS WIFE,
DAUGHTERS, AND GRANDCHILDREN.
STATE POLICE TELLS ME THE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURED AT
THE GAS STATION IS BEING HELD
FOR EVIDENCE RIGHT NOW.
REPORTING IN ABIQUIU, JUSTIN
MATTHEWS, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS.
ROYALE: AS YOU JUST HEARD, THE
STATE POLICE CHIEF TELLING US
THAT NONE OF THE RING THE
VICTIMS AND FIRST ALERT A
CHANCE.
THE OTHER RANDOM KILLING WAS OF
MICHAEL KYTE ON HIS WAY TO TRES
PIEDRAS.
WHEN DEPUTIES GOT TO THE SCENE,
THEY FOUND HIM WITH MEDICAL
BANDAGES.
INVESTIGATORS SAY KYTE WAS
KILLED AFTER PULLING OVER TO
HELP THE SUSPECT.
NOW WE WILL TURN TO MEGAN CRUZ,
WHO HAS SPENT ALL DAY WHERE THIS
THIS SHOOTING STARTED.
SHE CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE.
MEGAN: DOWN THE ROAD AT THE END
IS WHERE POLICE SAY THIS
HAPPENED.
LOVED ONES REMEMBER A SWEET
FAMILY AND CAN'T IMAGINE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD
HAPPEN.
COMING TO TERMS WITH WHAT
HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
>> TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ALL AT
ONCE BE GONE.
MEGAN: WILL NOT BE EASY FOR THIS
SMALL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY.
INVESTIGATORS LAST NIGHT
ARRESTED 21-YEAR-OLD DAMIEN
HERRERA FOR KILLING TWO
STRANGERS AND THREE OF HIS OWN
FAMILY.
>> MAX WAS A REAL GOOD FRIEND,
COUSIN.
LOVED HIM.
FAMILY.
MEGAN: POLICE SAY HERRERA GUNNED
DOWN HIS FAMILY IN THEIR OWN
HOME.
FIRST HIS STEPFATHER MAX
TRUJILLO, THEN HIS YOUNGER
BROTHER BRENDAN HERRERA, THEN
FINALLY HIS MOTHER BRENDA
GALLEGOS.
WHEN ALL THE MASSACRE TOOK SOME
BY SURPRISE -- >> THERE DIDN'T
SEEM TO BE ANYTHING GOING ON
THAT WOULD'VE CAUSED SOMETHING
LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN.
MEGAN: COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW
OTHERS TOLD POLICE HERRERA HAD
MENTIONED WANTING TO KILL OR
HURT PEOPLE FOR FUN.
WITNESSES ALSO SAY HE WAS CALM,
AND HAD A BLANK STARE DURING THE
SHOOTING.
FAMILY TELL ME THEY'RE PLANNING
A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TOMORROW AT
7:00 P.M. AT THE LA MORADA
CHAPEL HERE IN LA MADERA.
MEGAN CRUZ, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS.
ROYALE: WE ARE FINDING OUT A LOT
MORE ABOUT THE MAN AT THE CENTER
OF THE SHOOTING SPREE.
AND WHAT TARGET 7'S NANCY LAFLIN
HAS UNCOVERED MIGHT SURPRISE
NANCY: THE DA SAYS THAT MAN ON
THE KILLING SPREE HAD NO VIOLENT
CRIMINAL HISTORY.
WE ARE TOLD HE WAS ALSO A
COLLEGE STUDENT.
DROOPY EYED AND BRUISED, DAMIAN
HERRERA FACED A JUDGE AND HEARD
ALL THE CRIMES HE'S CHARGED
WITH.
MULTIPLE COUNTS OF MURDER,
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND
STEALING A CAR.
PICKING HIS TEETH, AND GRUNTING,
HERRERA DIDN'T SEEM PHASED WHEN
THE JUDGE READ THOSE CHARGES.
THEN ASKED HIM.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO NEED AN
ATTORNEY FOR THIS CASE?
>> YUP.
>> CAN YOU HIRE YOUR OWN
ATTORNEY OR ARE YOU GOING TO
NEED US TO APPOINT ONE FOR YOU?
>> NEED AN APPOINTED ATTORNEY.
NANCY: THIS MAN CHARGED WITH SO
MANY VIOLENT CRIMES HAS NO
CRIMINAL HISTORY.
WE CHECKED THE COURTS, AND SO
DID THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
ALL THAT WE FOUND WERE A COUPLE
OF TRAFFIC TICKETS.
THE D.A. SAYS THERE IS ALSO NO
KNOWN HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
UNM TELLS ME HERRERA WAS A
STUDENT AT THE TAOS CAMPUS,
SINCE 2011, STUDYING SCIENCE.
WE'RE ALSO TOLD HE BRIEFLY
WORKED AT THE POPULAR RESORT AND
SPA OJO CALIENTE.
A SPOKESWOMAN SAYS HIS BROTHER
BRENDAN, ONE OF THE PEOPLE
HERRERA'S CHARGED WITH KILLING,
WORKED AT OJO CALIENTE FOR TWO
YEARS.
THAT BRENDAN WAS SWEET, GENEROUS
KIND AND SINCERE.
>> YOU DID KILL BRENDAN HERRERA,
A HUMAN BEING, WITHOUT LAWFUL
JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE BY ANY
MEANS IN WHICH DEATH CAN BE
CAUSED?
ALSO FIRST-DEGREE CAPITAL
FELONY.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
>> YEAH.
NANCY: WE WANT TO POINT OUT
THOSE SHOOTINGS DID NOT HAPPEN
AT UNM OR THAT SPA.
SPOT STAFFERS TELL US THEY ARE
IN MORNING.
THEY ARE FILING THE FIFTH CHARGE
OF MURDER SINCE HIS MOTHER
PASSED AWAY EARLY THIS MORNING.
ROYALE: WE ALSO HAVE ACTION 7
NEWS REPORTER KAY DIMANCHE
WORKING ON A TIMELINE OF EVENTS.
SHE WORKED ON WHERE AND WHEN THE
VICTIMS WERE SHOT.
KAY: ARRIBA COUNTY SKY 7 PILOT
NEIL LAWSON SAYS DAMIAN HERRERA
TRAVELED QUITE A DISTANCE TO
COMMIT ALL 5 MURDERS LAST NIGHT.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF DISTANCE
BETWEEN EACH OF THESE LITTLE
TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND SO
THERE'S NO STREET LIGHTS.
KAY: RIO ARRIBA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
TOLD ME HERRERA FIRST SHOT AND
KILLED HIS MOTHER, STEP-FATHER
AND STEPBROTHER AT THEIR HOME IN
LA MADERA.
HE THEN HOPPED IN A CAR, BUT RAN
OUT OF GAS SO HE HITCHED A RIDE
WITH SOMEONE DRIVING BY.
POLICE SAY HE KILLED THAT
DRIVER BEFORE HEADING TO BODE'S
GENERAL STORE IN ABIQUIU AND
KILLING ANOTHER PERSON THERE.
SKY 7 FLEW OVER THE CONVENIENT
STORE THIS MORNING.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE
CONVENIENCE STORE IN ABIQUIU
WHERE THE LAST SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE.
THE AREA HAD BEEN CLEARED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT, SO IT WAS BASICALLY
BUSINESS AS USUAL AT THAT POINT.
KAY: SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE
STORE, DEPUTIES SAW HERRERA
DRIVING ON US HIGHWAY 84.
THEY CHASED HIM FOR ABOUT FIVE
MILES BEFORE HE CRASHED.
HERRERA AND A DEPUTY GOT INTO A
STRUGGLE WHILE THEY WERE TRYING
TO ARREST HIM.
HERRERA WAS INJURED IN THAT
FIGHT, AND WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY
HOSPITAL TO SEEK TREATMENT.
IN ALBUQUERQUE, KAY DIMANCHE,
KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS.
ROYALE: OUR COVERAGE OF THIS
DEADLY SHOOTING SPREE IN
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO DOESN'T END
HERE.
OUR TEAM IS TALKING TO
INVESTIGATORS, NEIGHBORS AND THE
VICTIMS' FAMILIES.
TONIGHT AT 10:00, WE'LL HAVE THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON A STORY
THAT OF COURSE HAS SADDENED SO
MANY HERE TONIGHT.
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR WEBSITE
TO SEE THE FULL PRESS CONFERENCE
WHERE INVESTIGATORS UPDATED US
ON THIS SHOOTING SPREE.
SO MANY WANT TO KNOW THE
MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS KILLING
SPREE.
THE STATE POLICE CHIEF TELLING
US THEY HAVE INTERVIEWED
HERRERA, BUT NOW "WE DON'T HAVE
THE 'WHY."
I WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU IN
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
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