Sheriff: New Mexico teen planned family shootings
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and JERI CLAUSING Associated Press The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:58 PM EST
This undated photo provided by Eric Griego shows Nehemiah Griego. Griego is charged... (AP Photo/Courtesy of Eric Griego)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico teen accused of killing his parents and three siblings is portrayed in charging documents as a boy haunted by homicidal and suicidal thoughts that included fantasies of killing his girlfriend's parents and gunning down random people at a Wal-Mart.
To his family, he was a bright and talented musician who played guitar, drums and bass with a church group. He also was a champion wrestler who dreamed of following his family's long tradition of military service, and a boy who accompanied his pastor father on rescue missions to Mexico.
In a statement issued Tuesday night on behalf of family, the boy's uncle Eric Griego described those traits, and called on the media and the public not to use 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego "as a pawn for ratings or to score political points."
"He is a troubled young man who made a terrible decision that will haunt him and his family forever," the statement said.
It gave no clue as to what might have prompted the alleged assault by the teen, who authorities say confessed to shooting his mother and three younger siblings in their beds early Saturday, then waiting in a bathroom with a military-style semi-automatic rifle to ambush his father upon his return from an overnight shift at a homeless shelter.
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