Frank Howard, 45, male, White/Caucasian, was found fatally wounded just after 3 a.m. on July 2, 2025, near the bus stop at Menaul Boulevard and Eubank Boulevard in northeast Albuquerque. Initial reports came in as a vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash, but detectives quickly determined the injuries were inconsistent with a simple hit-and-run and opened a homicide investigation.
Gun Violence Archive and memorial records list the date and location of the killing, while local outlets later identified the victim as Frank Howard, 45, and described the scene at the busy intersection where he fell into the roadway after being shot in the back.
In the hours leading up to the shooting, a group of teens had stolen a black Hyundai in Santa Fe and driven to Albuquerque. According to police accounts summarized by local news, they drove around drinking before spotting Frank Howard, 45, male, at the bus stop. Witness statements recounted by detectives indicate the group decided to confront and “scare” him; two teens got out, and a 15-year-old opened fire, striking Frank Howard, 45, male, in the back and sending him into the lanes of traffic.
Detectives later tied the firearm used to kill Frank Howard, 45, male, to a separate assault that same morning at a Burger King in Santa Fe, where the group is accused of flashing a handgun and attacking a pregnant woman. By mid-August, Albuquerque Police announced charges against six youths: 19-year-old Alexis Monrroy, who was charged as an adult, and five juveniles. Police and prosecutors separately identified at least two of the juveniles by name in court filings and hearings, including 16-year-old Xavier Dimas; coverage also referenced a 15-year-old co-defendant.
As for arrests and legal status, Alexis Monrroy, 19, was booked in Bernalillo County on August 12, 2025, and ordered to remain in custody pending trial on an open count of murder and related charges, including contributing to the delinquency of a minor and vehicle theft. A judge likewise ordered 16-year-old Xavier Dimas held while his cases proceed. Additional juveniles faced charges ranging from open count of murder and conspiracy to auto theft and criminal damage to property, with girls in the group charged in the thefts tied to the stolen vehicles used that night.
The portrait that emerges from investigative summaries and court records is of a roving, impulsive spree that began with a stolen car and, within hours, converged on Frank Howard, 45, male, at a quiet bus stop. Police say the encounter escalated from taunts into a shooting, and then bled into a second crime miles away before swift arrests in Santa Fe linked the same firearm back to the killing in Albuquerque. With suspects in custody and open murder counts filed, the case against the teens accused in the death of Frank Howard, 45, male, continues through the courts.
