Bodycam: New Mexico Teen Allegedly Shot 13-Year-Old Girl with Dad’s Gun

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1. Read more on this story: https://bit.ly/45cyT9m

2. A Questa teen charged last summer with second-degree murder on suspicion of shooting and killing a 13-year-old girl at his family's home pleaded guilty on Thursday (Aug. 15) to a single count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.

   Porfirio Brown was 14 when charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Questa teen Amber Archuleta on July 28, 2023, but a trial held in his case this past February ended in a hung jury.

   At Thursday's plea conference, Brown stood alongside his attorneys, Lizzy Bunker and David Foster, as he pleaded guilty to the downgraded charge, which stemmed from the allegation he moved Archuleta's body and attempted to clean the crime scene before police arrived. Glenda Archuleta, the aunt of the teen girl who was killed, addressed the court after Brown formally accepted the plea agreement.

   "Your wicked actions have affected the entire community of Questa," she said.

   Bunker objected to Archuleta's comments, calling them "wildly inappropriate" in light of the fact that Brown was not pleading guilty to killing Archuleta.

   "This is one of the most heartbreaking cases that I've seen," Judge Chavez said.

   During Brown's trial in February, Bunker argued that multiple errors had been made during the course of the investigation into Archuleta's death, including Questa Police officers' failure to secure the crime scene, allowing two other teen witnesses to Archuleta's death to enter and exit the home at will. The firearm used to kill Archuleta, alleged to belong to Brown's father, William Brown, was also never recovered.Following Archuleta's death, the elder Brown became the first person in New Mexico to be charged with negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor, a fourth-degree felony created under the Bennie Hargrove Gun Safety Act just month's before Archuleta's death. Brown was found not guilty at a trial in 8th Judicial District Court in June.

   According to the terms of the plea agreement, Brown faces up to one year of probation. A sentencing hearing in his case will be held at a later date.

3. William brown the father was found now guilty. In August 2023

4. Typical ignorant educated people in small towns of New Mexico.

5. That poor innocent child, the dad had to know his son was a mess.

6. I don’t care how old you are, if you do something like this you need to go to prison. If that psycho was my grandchild he would never be allowed in my house. I fear for the grandparents.

7. ya know i dont usually advocate for an eye for an eye.

8. Ms your son killed someone what's not understandable. Your husband left fire arms out in the open what's so not understandable

9. Dude u just killed a girl u did nothing smh

10. The handshake between the officer and the father was so heartbreaking 😢poor girl

11. Liberal state slapped his hands and let him go.

12. There was a mistrial and he ended up pleading guilty only to tampering with evidence. There’s a chance he will only get a year probation when it’s all said and done. DISGUSTING!

13. This 14 yr old boy was given a year of probation for tampering with evidence. All other charges were dropped. The father was found not guilty regarding responsibility for the guns! No justice or accountability! Irresponsible, disgusting and sad!

14. What confuses me about the shooter’s dad talking about the victim is that he says “she’s- the body’s in the back”. He starts by personalising the victim and then uses distancing language, in that order. Why would he correct himself?

15. Look up Amber Archuleta…she was shot and killed by another tern playing around with a gun. Hate this for her family

16. Look up this case for the trials and sentencing…I dare you.

17. That one cop that was talking to the brother should take notes from his partner /colleague that was Comforting the dad he was being an A hole the this dude just lost his 13 year old sister just asking if she’s still alive and your gonna tell him what your doing is not helping smh crazy take notes from your partner

18. UPDATE: Porfirio Brown (the alleged shooter) went on trial for second-degree murder and it ended in a hung jury. He then accepted a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to a single count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony and is expected to serve a year of probation. Prosecutors have agreed to drop the murder charge against him.

    Brown's father, WIlliam Brown, was charged with negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor, a fourth-degree felony but found not guilty.

    The family of the victim, Amber Archuleta, stated:

    "[I]t is impossible to ignore the profound failures of the judicial system and law enforcement in this case. The mishandling of the crime scene, and the fact that the shooter and his family were allowed to destroy critical evidence and hide the weapon used to end Amber’s life, represents a grave injustice not only to our family but to the entire community of Questa, New Mexico.

    "Then for the shooter’s family to mock the situation and say they were going to have a party at the house where Amber was murdered on the day she was murdered explains everything you need to know about these horrible people…

    "The system failed to protect her, and it failed to deliver the justice that she—and all of us—deserve." [source: KOB 4 and Taos News]

19. Kids should have never been at that house

20. When i was 14, i cried for days because my hamster died of old age. This kid got some issues and its all the dads fault. Im currently pregnant with my first girl and thinking of losing her kills me. May that family find some sort of peace.

21. Full video?

22. The craziest part about this situation is that neither the
    son nor the father were found guilty in court.

23. kid eventually pleaded guilty to single count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony. the father was charged with negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor, a fourth-degree felony, and found not guilty at trial. lol, smfh.

24. well when girls try to be guys it is not accepted at all

25. Take him to jail

26. The mother "No" I felt it in my soul thats horrible my condolences.

27. This is the result of the value of life dropping in culture.

28. What's the point in owning a gun if it's locked up? You can't protect your family if you need it immediately. Bad gun-grab law.

29. Again parents should be charged for not securing there guns in there house !!! It’s the law. This is not a cartoon. It’s real life !!!

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