Teens Arrested for Brutal Cold Blooded Murder of a Random Homeless Man

Albuquerque –

APD homicide detectives charged a 19-year-old and five kids in connection with the fatal shooting of a homeless man that was chased from a bus stop in the middle of the night on July 2, 2025.

Alexis Monrroy, 19, was with three juveniles in Santa Fe on July 2 when they stole a black Hyundai and drove to Albuquerque. He was with Isaiah Salazar, 15, Xavier Dimas, 16, and Felicia Nguyen, 14. When the group got to Albuquerque the group picked up two others – Santiana Martinez, 12, and Christy Whiteface, 14.

Dimas told detectives the group drove around town for about an hour while drinking alcohol in Albuquerque. He said the group spotted a random man, later identified as Frank Howard, 45, around 3:20 a.m. sitting at a bus stop in the area of Menaul Blvd and Eubank Blvd. NE. Dimas said the teens wanted to scare and fight the random person.

The group started yelling at Howard as they approached him in the vehicle. Dimas and Salazar then exited the vehicle and approached Howard near the bus stop, while the others watched from the car. Howard yelled at the kids and started to run away as Salazar threatened to shoot him. Dimas said he then heard two gunshots as he and Salazar were chasing Howard. Dimas said he looked over his shoulder and saw the muzzle shots come from the area where Salazar was running. Monrroy also told detectives that he saw Salazar fire the handgun.

Howard was shot in the back. He fell in the northbound lanes of Eubank just south of Menaul NE and he died as a result of his wounds.

Following the shooting, the group then stole another vehicle – a maroon Hyundai – from a nearby apartment complex and they abandoned the stolen black Hyundai they stole in Santa Fe. Later that morning, on July 2, the stolen maroon Hyundai was also abandoned off of I-25, near Algodones. A Sandoval County deputy located the vehicle and it was towed away.

APD detectives later spoke with a man who lives near the area where maroon Hyundai was abandoned, and he said three boys and three girls showed up at his home early on July 2. The man said the teens told him the car broke down and they asked for a ride to Santa Fe. The man, who works in Santa Fe, gave them a ride in his pickup truck and dropped them off at a community center.

Homicide detectives later learned that Santa Fe police officers arrested the group of teens that same morning at 8:47 a.m. – more than five hours after the shooting in Albuquerque – near the Burger King, located at 3478 Zafarano Dr. Santa Fe police officers were called to the Burger King where the teens were involved in a fight with a family that included a pregnant woman. One of the teens flashed a handgun during the incident. Officers later recovered the handgun after detaining the teens. The three girls were charged by Santa Fe officers, but released. Two of the boys – Salazar and Dimas – were arrested on warrants and new charges related to the aggravated assault at the Burger King. They were booked into the Juvenile Detention Center in Farmington, and the firearm was tagged into evidence.

APD homicide detectives later took custody of the firearm. Ballistics testing confirmed the firearm was used in the shooting death of Frank Howard in Albuquerque.

Homicide detectives obtained arrest warrants on August 6 for all six suspects in connection to the murder. Monrroy, an adult, and Salazar and Dimas, both juveniles, are charged with an open count of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and for the theft of the vehicles. Monrroy, 19, is also charged with five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

The three girls – Martinez, Whiteface and Nguyen – are charged with the auto thefts and criminal damage to property.

It should be noted the Governor, law enforcement agency leaders, and bi-partisan elected officials have been vocal about updating the juvenile justice code to charge these teen terrorists as adults.

Democrat Senate Pro Tempore and House Majority Leader Javier Martinez have ignored these calls for changes. They cite they need more time to study the matter.

We do not have the booking mugs of the underage teens due to New Mexico laws preventing the release of juvenile mugshots.