Two teenagers, including a 14-year-old boy, were charged with first-degree murder after a 32-year-old mother was shot in the head while sitting in her car last month in Denver.
Pamela Cabriales was on Avenida Colfax on Interstate 25 on February 20 when prosecutors claim the 14-year-old girl shot her and 18-year-old Neshan Johnson was driving the getaway car. The woman was taken to Denver Health Medical Center, where she died. NBC affiliate KUSA reported that Cabriales was the mother of a 6-year-old boy.
The teenagers were not captured until the next day, when a police officer recognized the car from a previous incident in which a Honda passenger threatened McDonald’s employees with a firearm and then fired three shots at the restaurant, according to a statement. probable cause of the Denver Police Department.
The car was stolen and was involved in another shootout on February 18, the statement said.
During the chase, Johnson crashed the car on a pole before hitting a fire hydrant and stopping in the front yard of a house, according to police. Johnson and two teenagers ran from the car, which supposedly had two AR-15 rifles in the back seat.
SWAT and K-9 units found Johnson hidden in a nearby shed, surrounded by ammunition, police said. The other two were also captured, but one was released.
Johnson and the 14-year-old face several charges, including two counts of first-degree murder, one counts of attempting a first-degree crime of committing murder with extreme indifference, one charge of a first-degree crime attempt of committing aggression with extreme indifference, according to Denver district attorney Beth McCann, who did not disclose the 14-year-old’s name because he is a minor.
Johnson is also charged with a charge of vehicular evasion. Authorities did not disclose the reason for the deadly shooting.
