This is the fourth shooting [by a 15 to 17 year old] to happen on the Coronado Mall premises over the last year, explains an Albuquerque reporter; and it’s just a wee snapshot of the state with the nation’s highest crime rate.
No surprise, then, that New Mexico’s governor yesterday called in the national guard. Parts of Albuquerque are the wild west, and the gunslingers are fifteen years old.