Staff at the New Mexico theater tried to resolve the dispute, but it escalated with a hurled bucket of popcorn, shoving and then gunfire, police said.
Movie-goers evacuate the Century Rio movie theater as officers respond to a shooting at the theater in northeast Albuquerque, N.M., on Sunday, June 25, 2023. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An argument over seating at an Albuquerque movie theater escalated into a shooting that left a man dead and sent frightened filmgoers scrambling to flee, police said Monday.
Detectives with the Albuquerque Police Department filed charges Monday in Metropolitan Court against 19-year-old Enrique Padilla in connection withPadilla was at a hospital under guard Monday evening while being treated for a gunshot wound, police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said. It was unclear whether Padilla had a legal representative who could speak on his behalf.
Witnesses told police that a man later identified as Padilla arrived at the theater with his girlfriend and found another couple in at least one of their reserved seats. Theater staff attempted to help resolve the dispute, but it escalated with a hurled bucket of popcorn, shoving and then gunfire, according to police.The shooter fled, and a wounded Padilla was found hiding behind a bush outside an emergency exit, according to police.
Witnesses wait to be interviewed after a shooting occurred inside the Century Rio movie theater in northeast Albuquerque, N.M., on Sunday, June 25, 2023. A criminal complaint and arrest warrant against Padilla listed open counts of homicide, shooting at an occupied building and tampering with evidence.An off-duty police officer who was at the movie administered emergency aid to Tenorio. The officer witnessed the confrontation but did not see a weapon in the darkened theater.
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