ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is getting a look at what one of the teens involved in a fatal robbery in Albuquerque said to police after the incident occurred. It happened back in January, when a car full of teens tried to rob a couple, but the teens weren’t the only ones armed, leading to one of them being killed.
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Jocelyn Sedillo, 16, spoke about what happened after hearing her friend, 14-year-old Alonzo Sanderson, had died. Police said back in January, he, along with 15-year-old Jeriah Salas, tried to rob a couple in a jeep at an apartment complex off Tramway Blvd. The driver of the Jeep opened fire, killing Sanderson. Police believe Salas shot the passenger who survived the attack. When asked about that night. He didn’t have much to say, invoking the Fifth Amendment and asking for a lawyer.
But Sedillo did shed some light on what happened. “I don’t know, we were all just drinking and chilling. I kinda blacked out, so I don’t know what happened when we got to the apartments,” said Sedillo.
She told detectives that eight teens, including herself, Sanderson, and Salas, were riding around Albuquerque in her car when she passed out in the backseat. “And then all of a sudden, I hear Draco say ‘I’m hit, I’m hit’ and that’s when everyone’s like ‘get Draco, get Draco’ and so that’s when we bring him in the car and he’s like bleeding really bad. That’s when I kinda like start sobering up and I’m like ‘wait, what the **** just happened?” said Sedillo.
The couple told police about the robbery attempt, who asked Sedillo if she remembered it. He left the teen with a final message before arresting her, a warning about thinking about her actions.
Sedillo was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention on a conspiracy charge. The six other teens were charged with robbery. Jeriah Salas is also facing charges for shooting the passenger. All of them are being held on the charges. The Albuquerque Police Department ruled that Sanderson’s death was justifiable, meaning the driver of the jeep will not face any charges.
