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Yahoo
17-06-2025
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New video shows fight before teen was shot and killed in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New video showed what happened the night a 15-year-old boy was killed at a southeast Albuquerque laundromat. It showed a senseless death after a fight over a washing machine. Story continues below New Mexico News Insiders: The Crew Behind Swift Water & Arroyo Rescues Film: These productions were filmed at Rail Yards. Have you seen them? Trending: New video shows fight before teen was shot and killed in Albuquerque News: VIDEO: Canoeing accident in northern NM leads to dramatic rescue operation What started as a typical Saturday night at the laundromat turned violent in a matter of seconds. Newly obtained surveillance video from XXL Washers on San Mateo Blvd. and Zuni Rd. showed exactly what led up to 15-year-old Michael Rowe being shot and killed back in December. KRQE News 13 spoke to Rowe's sister days after the shooting, and she said what happened was a senseless act of violence. 'There's never anything that anybody can do that should cause you to take another person's life,' said Sarah Rowe in December 2024. Video that night showed Rowe and two girls sitting, waiting for their load to finish up. Moments later, a woman, Jamel Coriz, walks up to the trio. A criminal complaint said that's when an argument begins over the use of a washing machine. Coriz went to punch one of the girls, and for more than five minutes, the group continued to throw punches and kicks, back and forth. Eventually, Coriz walked outside and left, but it didn't end there. Six minutes later, Coriz returned with her boyfriend, Oscar Orozco. Orozco walked inside the laundromat and confronted Rowe, who was now alone, and chased him outside. Orozco chased Rowe around vehicles at the back of the parking lot before he fired a gun at Rowe's back. Video from outside the laundromat picked up Coriz yelling at Rowe for starting it, before Coriz and Orozco got back in the car and took off. Rowe was taken to the hospital but died shortly after. Orozco is behind bars awaiting trial. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Politics
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Legislature protects Native students' right to wear regalia at school ceremonies
Bella Davis New Mexico In Depth Native American students' right to wear tribal regalia at school ceremonies could soon be enshrined in state law. The House unanimously passed Senate Bill 163 on Wednesday, sending it to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for her signature. Students who are enrolled in or eligible for enrollment in a federally recognized tribe would be allowed to wear their tribe's traditional clothing and objects of religious or cultural significance, including jewelry, beading and feathers, to important school events, like graduation, without interference from officials. The bill would go into effect immediately so that students graduating this spring are protected. Last year, Farmington High School staff members were recorded confiscating an Indigenous student's beaded graduation cap that had an eagle plume attached, which staff later cut. The video gained national attention and widespread condemnation from tribal and state leaders. Lawmakers this year have heard from other young Native people who had similar experiences at their schools. 'My great grandmother was only able to attend up to the sixth grade, and so when I graduated high school, I shared that accomplishment with her,' Alysia Coriz (Santo Domingo Pueblo), a lobbyist for the nonprofit NM Native Vote, told the House Education Committee last month. 'However, due to restrictions from my high school, I was unable to wear my tribal regalia.' Coriz said she and other students she's talked with were told their regalia was 'distracting and doesn't conform.' But 'our identity is our strength, our culture is our strength,' Coriz told the committee. New Mexico will join over a dozen other states in protecting Native American students' right to wear regalia, assuming Lujan Grisham signs the bill. The Indian Affairs and Public Education departments, which fall under her authority, developed it, according to a spokesperson. This story was originally published by New Mexico In Depth.
