ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two teenage suspects now face charges for allegedly shooting and killing a homeless man last month in northeast Albuquerque.

Joshua Curtis, 18, and Adrian Brown, 17, are now in custody facing charges for the murder of 23-year-old Christopher Sturluson.

Employees with the Albuquerque Community Safety Department found Sturluson dead inside of his tent the morning of May 1. His tent was in an arroyo along Carlisle Boulevard, just north of Montgomery Boulevard.

According to the Albuquerque Police Department, detectives learned there were “several ShotSpotter activations” and calls for service late on April 30 and early on May 1:

Nine gunshots at 8:52 p.m.

One gunshot at 8:54 p.m.

Four gunshots at 10:17 p.m.

Two gunshots at 11:49 p.m.

According to APD, detectives als

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