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Teens charged with murder in hit-and-run posted online

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police have charged a 13-year-old with murder and were searching Tuesday for two other boys, ages 11 and 15, in the apparently deliberate hit-and-run of a bicyclist in Albuquerque that was recorded on video inside a stolen car last year.

The detained 13-year-old boy is believed to be the driver of the car involved in a May 2024 hit-and-run that killed 63-year-old physicist Scott Dwight Habermehl while he was biking to his job at Sandia National Laboratories. The other boys are believed to have been passengers.

Video of the crash was recorded from inside the car and circulated on social media.

A portion of the video, ending just before impact, was released by police Tuesday. It shows the car accelerating as the flashing tail light of a bicycle becomes visible. A voice believed to be the 15-year-old’s says, “Just bump him, brah.”

According to police, the driver asks, “Like bump him?”

A passenger says, “Yeah, just bump him. Go like … 15 … 20.”

The car veers into a marked, dedicated bike lane. Loud sounds can then be heard in the full recording.

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