A 16-year-old is accused of shooting dead his entire family while in “an extremely intoxicated state”, according to police.
Diego Leyva is facing first-degree murder charges after allegedly gunning down his family in the early hours of Sunday morning before calling the authorities.
The incident took place in Belén, in Valencia County, New Mexico, at around 3.30am on Sunday.
When police arrived at the scene, Diego allegedly walked outside with his hands raised and in an “extremely intoxicated” state, according to a statement from New Mexico Police.
Inside the home, police reported finding a gun on the kitchen table and the bodies of four deceased family members.
According to officials, Diego “told a dispatcher he had killed his family”.
Diego booked into juvenile justice centre
The suspect’s 42-year-old father Leonardo Leyva, 35-year-old mother Adriana Bencomo, 16-year-old sister Adrian Leyva, and 14-year-old brother Alexander Leyva were all found dead with gunshot wounds, according to law enforcement.
State police said Diego surrendered without incident and was taken to a hospital for detoxification.
He was later booked into a juvenile justice centre in Albuquerque early on Sunday morning, officials said.
The county sheriff’s office said it has handed the case over to the State Police for investigation of the quadruple homicide.
“I would never have thought that something like this would happen and that Diego would be capable of doing something like this,” Vanessa LaGrange, a former teacher of Diego, told The Guardian. “Everyone’s in shock.”
State investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the killings.
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