Frank Howard, 45, was found fatally wounded just after 3 a.m. on July 2, 2025, near the bus stop at Menaul Boulevard and Eubank Boulevard in northeast Albuquerque. Initial calls described a vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash, but investigators determined the injuries were not consistent with a simple hit-and-run and opened a homicide investigation after finding he’d been shot in the back and fallen into the roadway.

Witness statements say the group decided to confront and scare the man at the bus stop; two teens got out and a 15-year-old opened fire, striking Howard. Detectives later linked the firearm to an earlier assault that morning at a Burger King in Santa Fe.

By mid-August, charges were filed against six youths. Alexis Monrroy, 19, was charged as an adult and booked on an open count of murder and related offenses; five juveniles face various charges including open murder counts, with 16-year-old Xavier Dimas held pending his cases. The legal process is ongoing.

Does anyone have information about that area or the group’s movements that night?