Gun victims were couple and children

Five people found gunned down in a house in New Mexico were identified yesterday as a fire brigade chaplain, his wife, and three of their children.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jan 2013, 16:43 BST

Bernalillo County sheriff’s office said the victims were Greg Griego, his wife Sara and children Zephania, nine, Jael, five and Angelina, two.

Mr Griego’s 15-year-old son is in custody on murder and other charges in connection with the shooting, which happened on Saturday night local time in a rural area south west of central Albuquerque.

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Authorities would not reveal any details about conversations the teenager had with investigators.

The killings come just three days after President Barack Obama presented a sweeping gun-control package that marks the most comprehensive effort to tighten gun laws in the US in nearly two decades.

The move was triggered by last month’s school shooting in Connecticut, where a gunman with a legally purchased high-powered rifle left 20 young children and six adults dead.