{"id":23637,"date":"2025-02-07T16:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T23:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-courtroom-devolves-into-brawl-as-3-people-rush-defendant-in-homicide-case\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:40:06","slug":"new-mexico-courtroom-devolves-into-brawl-as-3-people-rush-defendant-in-homicide-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-courtroom-devolves-into-brawl-as-3-people-rush-defendant-in-homicide-case\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico courtroom devolves into brawl as 3 people rush defendant in homicide case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=457fe362-22f9-53c1-a92d-a7950b8f9940&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"In this still image from video provided by the Second Judicial District Court multiple people brawl inside of a court room on, Friday, Jan. 31, in Albuquerque. Second Judicial District Court\/Bernalillo\/TMX via AP\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">In this still image from video provided by the Second Judicial District Court multiple people brawl inside of a court room on, Friday, Jan. 31, in Albuquerque. Second Judicial District Court\/Bernalillo\/TMX via AP<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ALBUQUERQUE \u2013 A hearing in a New Mexico courtroom devolved into chaos when three people rushed the defendant in a homicide case, setting off a brawl with flying fists and kicks.<\/p>\n<p>Courtroom video cameras recorded the Jan. 31 melee, which subsided as a law enforcement officer drew a stun gun and protected the defendant from further attack.<\/p>\n<p>Felony charges were filed against two men: battery and assault on a public official. They apparently rushed the defendant in a fit of rage over the killing of a relative.<\/p>\n<p>A woman was also arrested on the same charges, Albuquerque TV station KRQE reported Thursday. The courtroom video showed her hitting the defendant and an officer with a chair.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of corrections officers and other security details in courtrooms does not always keep the peace. Last year a defendant in a felony battery case in Nevada flung himself over a judge&#8217;s bench and grabbed her hair, sparking a bloody brawl with court officials.<\/p>\n<p>Katina Watson, court executive officer at New Mexico&#8217;s Second Judicial District, told KRQE that \u201cthese are the types of things that we see regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She praised an officer for reacting to ensure safety, without mention of potential security enhancements. The Associated Press sent a request to the court Thursday for comment on the fight and security precautions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>this still image from video provided by the Second Judicial District Court multiple people brawl inside of a court room on, Friday, Jan. 31, in Albuquerque. Second Judicial District Court\/Bernalillo\/TMX via APcca ALBUQUERQUE \u2013 A hearing in a New Mexico courtroom devolved into chaos when three people rushed the defendant in a homicide case, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[133,168,28,138],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-23637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-courts","tag-crime","tag-headlines","tag-new-mexico"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78207,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23637\/revisions\/78207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23637"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=23637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}