THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT MOURNS THE LOSS OF ONE OF ITS SPIRITUAL COUNSELORS. FIFTY-ONE YEAR OLD GREG GRIEGO, A FIRE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN, WAS AMONG FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS SHOT TO DEATH IN THEIR SOUTH VALLEY HOME SATURDAY NIGHT.

ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE MURDERS IS THEIR 15 YEAR OLD SON, NEHEMIAH. HE'S CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF MURDER AND THREE COUNTS OF CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. THE VICTIMS INCLUDE HIS FATHER, HIS 40 YEAR OLD MOTHER SARA, AND THREE OF HIS SIBLINGS ... AGES, 9, 5, AND 2. GRIEGO'S SIX OTHER SIBLINGS WERE NOT HOME AT THE TIME.

BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES FOUND THE BODIES AFTER BEING SENT TO THE FAMILY HOME ON LONG LANE SOUTHWEST AROUND 9:15 SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY ALSO FOUND SEVERAL LOADED WEAPONS, INCLUDING AN ASSAULT RIFLE.  THE FAMILY IS RELATED TO FORMER ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR AND FORMER STATE SENATOR ERIC GRIEGO, WHO ALSO SERVED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN.

THE DEPARTMENT HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY TO UPDATE AND POSSIBLY RELEASE NEW INFORMATION ON THE KILLINGS.