A 13-year-old boy has been charged with homicide for allegedly intentionally mowing down a bicyclist in a stolen automotive — egged on by two different boys, together with a gun-waving 11-year-old who laughed as they filmed the lethal crash, in response to cops.
Johnathan Overbay was allegedly behind the wheel round 4:40 a.m. on Could 29 final yr when he deliberately swerved off the highway round and struck Scott Dwight Habermehl, 63, who was biking to his job on the Sandia Nationwide Laboratory, in response to the Albuquerque Police Division.
The younger teen was busted after cops had been tipped off to a sickening video of the crash being shared on social media.
It confirmed a younger driver saying he was about to hit the bicycle owner and accelerating the stolen automotive — with a younger passenger, later recognized as 15-year-old William Garcia, urging him to not go too quick, cops stated.
“Just bump him, brah,” Garcia allegedly stated, with the motive force replying, “Like, bump him?”
“Yeah, just bump him,” Garcia then allegedly instructed him. “Go like…15…20.”
Because the automotive approached the bicycle owner, an 11-year-old boy within the entrance passenger seat waved a handgun — and laughed because the entrance of the automobile bumped into the harmless bicycle owner, cops stated.
Police investigated the lethal crash on the time however solely acquired leads when tipped off concerning the social media video.
Cops already had cellpphones belonging to the 11-year-old and Overbay from earlier investigations. Overbay can also be accused of a number of crimes within the month earlier than the lethal crash, together with assault, breaking and getting into and extra, in response to KOB 4.
The accused driver was arrested Monday and charged with homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, leaving the scene of an accident involving nice bodily hurt or loss of life and illegal possession of a handgun.
Police are nonetheless in search of Garcia, who’s dealing with the identical costs.
The 11-year-old is simply too younger to be youngster with homicide, police stated, saying they’re reviewing what costs might be filed.
The boy was arrested on Tuesday, KRQE reported, figuring out him as Messiah Hayes.
He has an in depth prison historical past, and is believed to be related to a collection of crimes together with taking pictures, housebreaking and extra, APD stated Tuesday.
