Officials: Teenage gunman fatally shoots 5 at US home; suspect in custody

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Authorities in New Mexico say a teenage boy has fatally shot two adults and three children inside a New Mexico home.

The boy faces murder and other charges.

Bernalillo County sheriff’s spokesman Aaron Williamson says the boy’s motive and connection to the five victims aren’t immediately known.

Williamson says investigators who received a report of the shooting Saturday night are trying to determine whether the victims were related.

The victims’ identities haven’t been released.

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