Andres Herrera was a sixteen year old living in New Mexico when he would murder two men months apart
According to court documents Andres Herrera would shoot and kill Phillip Apodaca on October 6 of 2023. Phillip was shot multiple times in the back
On December 27, 2023 would murder 19-year-old Damion Alday who was shot multiple times in the head. Herrera would brag about the murder on social media
Andres Herrera would be arrested, pled no contest to two murders and was sentenced to forty years in prison which was the maximum allowed for a juvenile convicted of murder
Andres Herrera Case
A teen who was charged as an adult for two Albuquerque murders will spend four decades behind bars. In October 2023, then 17-year-old Andres Herrera shot and killed Phillip Apodaca outside a brewing company near Eubank Blvd. and Candelaria Road. In December the same year, Herrera was caught on camera shooting Damon Alday near 98th and I-40. Then Herrera bragged about that murder on social media.
Last year, he pleaded no contest to two counts of murder. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to 40 years behind bars.
Herrera was supposed to be sentenced last month, but Judge Britt Baca reset the hearing after she ordered people to leave the courtroom and learned about protestors outside of the courthouse.
Man who shot and killed two people in Albuquerque sentenced to 40 years in prison – AOL
Andres Herrera News
A teen pleaded no contest after being charged in two fatal shootings that happened two months apart in Albuquerque.
Andres Herrera pleaded no contest for his first-degree murder charges. This comes after he was charged as an adult, despite being a juvenile when the shootings took place in 2023, according to Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman.
The first shooting Herrera was accused of happened in early October 2023 in northeast Albuquerque. He was accused of shooting Phillip Apodaca, who was found to be shot several times in the back outside a brewery.
The next shooting happened two days after Christmas Day 2023 at Sundoro Park in northwest Albuquerque. That shooting resulted in the death of 19-year-old Damion Alday.
Security camera showed the suspect firing at the victim from close range. An arrest was made for the park shooting in January 2024.
Bregman said Herrera bragged about the shooting on social media, where he described the details of the second shooting.
Herrera faces the possibility of two life sentences and will be sentenced as an adult.
