THIS MORNING WE ARE
HEARING FROM A FRIEND OF
MAN KILLED BY HIS OWN
COUSIN.
MEANWHILE, THE VICTIM )S
FAMILY IS FIGHTING TO
MAKE SURE THE 14-YEAR-
OLD...ACCUSED OF
SHOOTING HIM STAYS IN
JAIL. NEWS 13 )S MONICA
WICKE IS HERE WITH WHAT
WE KNOW ABOUT THE CASE.
MONICA--
CRYSTAL--
UNIQUE THOMPSON IS A
FRIEND OF LAWRENCE
HOWARD.
HOWARD WAS TRAGICALLY
GUNNED DOWN LAST
WEDNESDAY.
THOMPSON SAYS HOWARD WAS
A GOOD GUY WHO WILL BE
MISSED.
.3:55"He )s not trying to
do it for any type of
gain. He, again, would
put others before
himself and not just
with the community but
with his family :06
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY
14-YEAR-OLD JEVYN
STEADMAN SHOT AND KILLED
THOMPSON AFTER
THE TWO GOT INTO AN
ARGUMENT.
IT HAPPENED AT AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR
SAN PEDRO AND
KATHRYN.
WITNESSES SAY STEADMAN
SAID HE QUOTE-- "DIDN )T
MEAN TO DO IT."
HOWARD WAS KNOWN FOR
TRYING TO HELP HIS
COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN SEE HIM HERE IN
A NEWS 13 STORY IN
2018... POWER WASHING
BUSINESSES IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
TO IMPROVE HIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
FOR THOMPSON--LEARNIN G
ABOUT HOWARD )S MURDER
WAS
DIFFICULT TO HEAR.
."It )s just flat out
upsetting. We were
supposed to be there for
one another, not
fighting with one
another,
that )s not what our
family is about.
STEADMAN IS CHARGED WITH
FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
HE WAS IN COURT
YESTERDAY--WHERE
LAWRENCE HOWARD )S FAMILY
ASKED THE JUDGE TO KEEP
HIM BEHIND BARS.
CRYSTAL.
ALRIGHT, MONICA.
THEJUDGE DID RULE TO
KEEP STEADMAN IN JAIL AT
LEAST UNTIL HIS NEXT
HEARING.
NEW THIS MORNING-- THE
COMPANY BEHIND THE APP
USED DURING THE IOWA
CAUSUS IS APOLOGIZING
FOR DELAYS IN REPORTING
THE RESULTS.
THE COMPANY-- "SHADOW,
