Police: Man uses 13-year-old son as getaway driver after shooting at customer at gas station

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Police say an Albuquerque man opened fire at a customer he argued with at a gas station and then used his 13-year-old son as a getaway driver.

No one was injured, and Sergio Barrientos-Hinojosa was arrested late Saturday. Police say an inebriated Barrientos-Hinojosa had his 13-year-old son take him to buy beer at the gas station, where he got into an argument and started shooting at another customer.

Investigators say the father ordered his son to drive away while he fired his gun in the air.

Police pulled over the car not too far from the gas station.

Barrientos-Hinojosa is facing charges including child abuse. It wasn’t known if he had an attorney.

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