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“I just wanted to make sure that everyone was good and make sure my customers and employees were safe.” Half a dozen customers were in the shop at the time of the shooting. The owner said he didn't recall seeing Glass in his shop before Sunday. RELATED NEWS: Police say connection possible in San Antonio weekend shootings that left 3 dead, 5 injured He added that police 'said it was just about that man - that if he had gone into the food court instead of the barbershop, then the shooting would have been at the food court.” The owner, who asked to remain anonymous, insisted the shooting had nothing to do with his business. Across the room, a row of chairs was covered by tarp. On Monday, less than 24 hours after the shooting, North Star Mall was once again buzzing with shoppers.Ī customer was getting a hair cut inside the chic barbershop where Glass was killed. The barbershop, Black Lotus, is two doors from one of the mall’s south-end exits. The police department said it was a “targeted” shooting. They then fled, possibly in the same car. Police Chief William McManus said two men wearing hoodies - one in light shorts, the other in dark pants - entered the barbershop and shot Glass. The gunfire drove numerous shoppers to the mall’s exits, and some store managers sheltered their customers and employees until police said the danger had passed. The judge, in her ruling, acknowledged the high cost of providing in-home nursing services, but said state officials made the decision to participate in the federal program - and must abide by its guidelines.Glass, 33, was gunned down at a barber shop in the busy mall shortly after 3 p.m. Under the lawsuit, the plaintiffs claimed the state has failed to provide the minors with adequate in-home medical attention, even though the families have been approved for services under Medicaid. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Families face caretaking burdenįor the families involved in the case, the difficulty obtaining in-home nursing has meant the caretaking burden has fallen squarely on their shoulders. A syringe used to clean four year old Mercedes Garcia’s tracheostomy. She also said she’s hopeful the plaintiffs will be able to work collaboratively with the state agency to come up with solutions - and the in-home nursing they’re entitled to. Meanwhile, Nancy Simmons, the Albuquerque-based attorney for the medically fragile children, said the lawsuit could eventually be expanded into a class-action lawsuit that would cover all 275 or so individuals enrolled in the program. The state had argued a worsening state nursing shortage made providing the services impossible, but the judge largely rejected that claim.

Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration of failing to uphold its legal obligations in running the medically fragile waiver program.Īfter several hearings, a federal judge recently directed the state Human Services Department to provide expanded in-home nursing services to the two children who are still alive. “It’s a constant act of looking,” said Garcia, a Rio Rancho resident who said she found one nurse through her church and got in touch with another from one of her daughter’s other nurses.Īmariz Cortez and Mercedes Garcia were two of the three profoundly ill children listed as plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in April 2022 that accused Gov. The severity of the girl’s health conditions qualified her to receive 112 hours of in-home nursing per week under the medically fragile waiver program, her mother said, but actually obtaining that level of care has proven difficult.

SANTA FE - Just weeks after saying goodbye, the family of Amariz Cortez is still coming to terms with a medical saga they never expected.Īmariz Cortez, who was 10 years old when she died May 12, was diagnosed in 2017 with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic neurological disorder that, as the years passed, left her unable to speak and caused her to lose many of her fine motor skills.Įven during the good stretches, Amariz had a cluster of seizures about once every three days, her mother Alicia Cortez said during an interview in the family’s Albuquerque home.ĭuring the bad days, the seizures came more frequently.īut her family was determined to keep Amariz at home, even if it meant her mom sleeping with her in a specifically-designed bed and her dad, Ben, sleeping on the floor on a mattress. Mercedes has a tracheostomy and is connected to a monitor 24-7.

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Christina Martinez and her four year old daughter Mercedes “Kiki” Garcia watch TV at their home in Rio Rancho.

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