Two teens accused of shooting dead 32-year-old mother

Two teenagers, including a 14-year-old boy, have been charged with first degree murder after a 32-year-old mother was shot in the head while sitting in her car last month in Denver.

Pamela Cabriales was on Colfax Avenue and Interstate 25 on February 20 when prosecutors alleged the 14-year-old shot her and Neshan Johnson, 18, was driving the getaway car. The woman was taken to Denver Health Medical Center, where she died. NBC affiliate KUSA reported that Cabriales was the mother of a 6-year-old boy.

The teens were not caught until the next day when a police officer recognized the car in a previous incident in which a Honda passenger threatened McDonald’s employees with a handgun and then fired three shots. fire in the restaurant, according to a probable cause statement from the Denver Police Department.

The car was stolen and was involved in another shootout on February 18, the statement said.

During the chase, Johnson crashed the car into a pole before knocking over a fire hydrant and pulling over in the front yard of a house, police said. Johnson and two teenagers ran from the car, which would have had two AR-15 rifles in the back seat.

SWAT and K-9 units found Johnson hiding in a nearby hangar surrounded by ammunition, police said. The other two were also captured, but one was released.

Johnson and the 14-year-old face multiple charges including two counts of first degree murder, one count of first degree criminal attempt to commit murder with extreme indifference, one count of attempted criminal first-degree assault with extreme indifference, according to Denver District Attorney Beth McCann, who withheld the 14-year-old’s name because he is underage.

Johnson is also charged with one count of leaking vehicles. Authorities have not disclosed the motive for the murderous shooting.