{"id":2242654,"date":"2024-05-11T21:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T01:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stepson-held-without-bail-after-horrifying-incident-during-diploma-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T21:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T01:03:55","slug":"stepson-held-without-bail-after-horrifying-incident-during-diploma-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stepson-held-without-bail-after-horrifying-incident-during-diploma-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Son-in-law Remanded in Custody Following Disturbing Incident at Graduation Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstepson-held-without-bail-after-horrifying-incident-during-diploma-ceremony%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A shocking\u200d incident occurred during a graduation ceremony\u2062 in New Mexico, where a woman \u200dwas shot in the neck by her stepson. Cristian Bencomo, 21, has been arrested and charged after the tragic event. The victim, Victoria Bencomo, is in critical but stable condition. The incident has left\u200c family members and\u200b witnesses in disbelief. During a graduation ceremony in New Mexico, a woman was shot in the neck\u200d by her stepson, Cristian Bencomo, 21, leading to his \u2064arrest and charges. The victim, Victoria Bencomo, remains in\u2062 critical\u2062 but stable \u200bcondition. This tragic incident has\u200b left family members and witnesses in utter disbelief.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Stepson Held Without Bail After Horrifying Incident During Diploma Ceremony<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 11, 2024 at 4:31pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A New Mexico woman was shot in the neck during her son\u2019s graduation Wednesday, with the woman\u2019s stepson charged in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Cristian Bencomo, 21, was arrested after his stepmother, Victoria Bencomo, was shot, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koat.com\/article\/police-advocates-shooting-during-graduation-ceremony\/60749486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOAT-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Bencomo was trying to hug Cristian when she was shot, police said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krqe.com\/news\/crime\/family-speaks-after-woman-shot-in-the-neck-at-albuquerque-graduation-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KRQE-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody came up and shot my sister\u2026right in the neck,\u201d Angel Chester, a sister of the victim, said.. \u201cI keep thinking that it\u2019s a bad dream that I\u2019ll wake up from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chester said Victoria Bencomo, invited family members to the Albuquerque Convention Center where her son was graduating from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">high school<\/a> from the Southwest Secondary Learning Center Charter School with the ceremony taking place inside the Albuquerque Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Bencomo was hugging her son when Cristian Bencomo came near. She attempted to hug her stepson and was then shot in the neck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter he shot her and she fell to the ground, he started stomping on her head,\u201d Chester said, noting that bystanders held down the suspect until police could arrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just still in complete shock that this even happened,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cristian Bencomo, 21, is accused of shooting his step-mom when she went to hug him at the Convention Center last night. Police say she was attending her son\u2019s graduation ceremony when she was shot by Bencomo in the neck. He was held down by bystanders until police arrested him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1l8ERM3L6P\">pic.twitter.com\/1l8ERM3L6P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabrielle Burkhart (@gburkNM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gburkNM\/status\/1788637418062528995?\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Does America have a gun violence problem?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe made it all the way through graduation \u2013 it was really lovely until it wasn\u2019t,\u201d witness Mary Ward said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kob.com\/new-mexico\/what-we-know-after-a-mother-was-shot-at-a-graduation-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOB-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What we know after a mother was shot at a graduation ceremony\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UGUcazEfMYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were like, OK students, go give the rose to someone who has impacted you or is meaningful to you. I was watching my student, she was coming to the right of me, then I looked to the left, to the other side, there was a crowd of people and then there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-hollywood-destroyed-director-michael-cimino\/\" title=\"How Hollywood Destroyed Director Michael Cimino\">big pop<\/a>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of sudden they started shouting, \u2018Get down, get down!\u2019 and like, it just, it was overwhelming because that situation is so scary,\u201d Ward said.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman said the incident \u201cwas isolated between the two of them and their relationship, not a broader thing, it was a domestic situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Family members were left struggling to understand, according to KRQE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just\u2026I don\u2019t understand, you know I\u2019m just scared for her and I just want her to be OK,\u201d Lisa Gutierrez Smith, the victim\u2019s mother, said.<\/p>\n<p>Family members said Victoria Bencomo is in critical but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Cristian Bencomo has been charged with aggravated battery and unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon. \u00a0He was confined to the Metropolitan Detention Center, according to KOB.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article288450733.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sacramento Bee<\/a>, Cristian Bencomo is being held without bail.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a diploma ceremony in New Mexico, a shocking incident unfolded where a woman, Victoria Bencomo, was shot in the neck. The stepson, Cristian Bencomo, 21, was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. 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