ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The older brother of a 14-year-old killed in a UNM dormitory will be in court on Wednesday. Zion Miera is accused of tampering with evidence. Police say that, after the shooting in the dorm that killed Michael Lamotte, Zion Miera went back into the dorm to take drugs and guns without calling the police.

Miera was one of the four people in the UNM dorm room in July when his half-brother, 14-year-old Michael Lamotte, was shot and killed. "I don't think Zion's story matches up from what I have heard of it," said Mark Miera, Michael and Zion's father. "I know Zion is secretly sabotaging Michael's life."

Police say there were guns and drugs in the room. "Zion does have a gun. Two, actually, I think," said Erika Lamotte.

Police say Lamotte went with his brother to p

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