16-year-old kills entire family and then calls 911 to drunkenly confess to quadruple homicide: police

A teen boy who allegedly gunned down his parents and teenage siblings then drunkenly called authorities to report the quadruple homicide, according to police.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after he allegedly gunned down his parents and teenage siblings in the US and then drunkenly called emergency services to confess to the quadruple homicide, police said.

Diego Leyva is facing first-degree murder charges in the horrific slaughter that happened around 3:30am local time on Saturday before the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from the murder suspect, New Mexico State Police said in a news release.

The teen allegedly told a dispatcher over the phone that he killed his family, then walked out with his hands in the air when deputies reached his home in the city of Belen, New Mexico, authorities said.

Victims Adriana Bencomo and Leonardo Leyva. Picture: Facebook

State police said Leyva was “extremely intoxicated” but was taken into custody without incident, The NY Post reports.

A handgun was found on the kitchen table, according to police.

The suspect’s 42-year-old father, Leonardo Leyva, 35-year-old mother, Adriana Bencomo, 16-year-old sister, Adrian Leyva, and 14-year-old brother, Alexander Leyva, were all found dead with gunshot wounds inside the home, according to law enforcement and KRQE.

The alleged killer was taken to a nearby hospital for detox and then booked into a juvenile justice centre in Albuquerque early Sunday, officials said.

The teen allegedly told a dispatcher he killed his family and then walked out with his hands in the air when deputies reached his home in the city of Belen. PIcture: KOAT-TV

A former teacher was in disbelief that the teen boy could be responsible for the ruthless slayings.

“I would never have thought that something like this would happen and that Diego would be capable of doing something like this,” educator Vanessa LaGrange told the Guardian. “Everyone’s in shock.”

The state police investigative bureau is still trying to determine what sparked the murderous rampage.

This article originally appeared in The NY Post and was reproduced with permission.