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Bobby Zertuche (16) was shot to death
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Published: Jan 15, 2009 @ 12:34 PM
Bobby Zertuche (16)
Date:
Sep 26, 2008
Cause of Death:
Shot
Location:
Las Cruces, NM
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Las Cruces police have identified the 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed Friday afternoon as Bobby Zertuche of Las Cruces.
The shooting happened at 1:15 p.m. on the 800 block of San Pedro Street. Neighbors spent most of the afternoon looking on as police conducted their investigation. Meanwhile, the neighborhood was covered in crime scene tape.
"I just heard about three shots," said one neighbor who didn't want to be identified.
Police said at least six rounds were fired at the teenager, and he was shot at least once.
"One of the ladies came and said, 'I don't know. I don't think he's going to make it because he's very ill,'" said the neighbor.
Paramedics took Zertuche to Mountain View Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
The shooting happened in someone's front yard. Police said the teenager does not live at that location. Neighbors suspect he might have been picking up his co-worker.
"She was all panic . scared," said Sylvia Luquin, who lives behind the house where the shooting happened. She said her neighbor came running to her shortly after the shots rang out.
"She just dropped off the kids. She didn't let me open (the door). When she came in, (she said) 'Here's my kids. Somebody just got shot in the house,'" said Luquin.
Police haven't said what led to the shooting, but Zertuche might have been the victim of a drive-by shooting.
The shooter and an accomplice are said to be males. Police are looking for a light green, low-profile Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck.
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