Suspect in fatal gas station shooting pleads guilty mid-trial
In 2022, Diamond Salazar recruited three teens to shoot at a vehicle at the Maverik gas station on I-25 and Comanche.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A murder suspect, in the middle of her trial, stopped it all and pleaded guilty Wednesday.
In 2022, Diamond Salazar recruited three teens to shoot at a vehicle at the Maverik gas station on I-25 and Comanche.
Salazar thought the person inside was someone who robbed her earlier that day, but it was not.
The teens ended up killing Kayla Montaño who also had her 7-year-old daughter in the vehicle.
The three teens involved have all taken plea deals. Salazar faces up to 24 years in prison.
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