A 19-year-old suspected of shooting and killing a 52-year-old Army vet while he was out with his wife for a movie in New Mexico was seen pleading for help from cops in the moments after the incident.
Michael Tenorio, 52, was shot dead at the Century Rio Theater in Albuquerque on Sunday where he and his wife Trina went to watch a late night screening of the new Jennifer Lawrence movie ‘No Hard Feelings.’
Trina and her family paid tribute to the 52-year-old, the mourning wife posting a picture to Instagram with the caption: ‘Mike is always going to be the best dad ever. He help raised my children to be strong.
‘Please keep us in your prayers. I miss you my love now and forever. My world will never be the same.’
Enrique Padilla was arrested on Monday in connection with the shooting.
New police bodycam footage revealed the moment cops arrived at the scene where the 19-year-old was sitting on a curb outside the theater with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Michael Tenorio (right), 52, was shot dead at the Century Rio Theater in Albuquerque on Sunday where he and his wife Trina (left) went to watch a late night screening of the new Jennifer Lawrence movie ‘No Hard Feelings’
New police bodycam footage revealed the moment cops arrived at the scene where 19-year-old suspected gunman Enrique Padilla was sitting on a curb outside the theater with a gunshot wound to the abdomen
In the footage released Tuesday, an officer can be seen driving through the parking lot of the movie theater when a woman flagged him down and said ‘he’s been shot.’
The officer quickly gets out of the vehicle and walks over to Padilla asking whether he had a gun, to which he replied ‘no.’
Padilla (pictured) was arrested on Monday in connection with the shooting – but pleaded with officers to help him in the moments after the fatal shooting
‘Excuse me sir, I have been shot right here,’ Padilla can be heard telling the officer, pointing to his side. The officer told Padilla to put pressure on it before asking if he can walk.
Padilla can then be heard asking the officer to take him to the hospital.
‘Please sir, I’m bleeding,’ he said as the officer asked Padilla who shot him and where the shooting happened.
The 19-year-old suspected gunman said ‘it came from this way,’ as he motioned with his arm to imitate the gunshot, he then added that he’d been in theater 15 at the time. It remains unclear how Padilla was shot.
In the footage people can be seen running from the theater frantically as responding officers run into theater 15 yelling ‘put your hands up’ before turning to a group of people standing in the back row.
Inside the theater officers were not met with an active shooter – instead they found Tenorio dead.
Police revealed that they found a gun allegedly used to shoot Tenorio in the bushes near where Padilla had been sitting with a casing that matched one found in the theater.
Padilla can then be heard asking the officer to take him to the hospital and motioned towards his abdomen to say where he was shot – it remains unclear how he sustained the gun shot wound
In the footage people can be seen running from the theater frantically as responding officers run into theater 15 yelling ‘put your hands up’ before turning to a group of people standing in the back row
Police revealed that they found a gun allegedly used to shoot Tenorio in the bushes near where Padilla had been sitting with a casing that matched one found in the theater
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, reporting a rapid-fire succession of gunshots before one man in the dispute ran out.
Witnesses told police at the time 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.
Tenorio was shot and died at the scene – his wife, Trina, was unharmed but holds the scars of the experience as she poured her heart out online
Trina re-posted a picture her son posted to social media which read: ‘Goodnight friends. It’s the first night without my dad. But I’ll stay strong. We all will. I’ll see him when I fall asleep’
Theater staff attempted to help resolve the dispute, but it escalated with a hurled bucket of popcorn, shoving and then gunfire, according to police.
Emergency dispatchers received about 20 calls as other people fled the theater.
Tenorio was shot and died at the scene – his wife, Trina, was unharmed but holds the scars of the experience as she poured her heart out online.
Trina re-posted a picture her son posted to social media which read: ‘Goodnight friends. It’s the first night without my dad. But I’ll stay strong. We all will. I’ll see him when I fall asleep.’
Friends and family reached out to Trina in the comments one saying: ‘I’m sorry to hear about your loss Trina! I understand the pain you are going through. You and your family’s are in my thoughts and prayers!!’
Another said: ‘Aww my sweety..Huggs n I’m still praying for Comfort n Strength.. U are a strong person I know..Loveya n hope to see you soon.’
One friend posted to Facebook with four pictures of the Army vet with the caption: ‘Today I lost one of my fellow soldiers who was also one of my best friends’
The pictures also included Tenorio with other friends in old film pictures
The couple were at the Albuquerque, New Mexico theater to see a screening of Jennifer Lawrence movie ‘No Hard Feelings’ at 8:50pm
One friend posted to Facebook with four pictures of the Army vet with the caption: Today I lost one of my fellow soldiers who was also one of my best friends, to a murder in a movie theater shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
‘Chief, I hope you know how much you were loved and appreciated.
‘Thank you for the wonderful times we shared in Germany, all the beer, hanging out with my family, the friends and camaraderie and serving our country together.
‘Rest easy now soldier! We got this and will carry on the watch! Hurahhhh. Our deepest condolences to your wife and children. R.I.P. Michael Tenorio.’
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