OTERO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) –An Otero County Sheriff's Office deputy is now facing a first-degree murder charge after fatally shooting a Mescalero Apache teenager last summer. Body camera video showed the deputy shooting 17-year-old Elijah Hadley less than thirty seconds after seeing him along the side of the road. Story continues below Crime: Santa Fe man behind bars for the second time this month Sports: NM youth soccer club travels to Europe to train with professional English teams Local: Albuquerque man sentenced to 20 years for string of armed robberies National: Multi-agency effort leads to 'historic' discovery of tunnel linking El Paso, Juarez Video showed the moments Otero County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Diaz-Austin spotted 17-year-old Elijah Hadley walking along US Highway 70, East of Tularosa, on June 25, 2024. Diaz-Austin: Stop right there bro. Stop. Stop, stop right there. Video showed Hadley stopping and lifting his hand to cover his eyes as the deputy asked if he's alright. Deputy: What are you doing? Let me see your other hand bro, let me see your other hand dog. Hadley tossed a gun to the side as the deputy fired four times, hitting Hadley. Diaz-Austin: Shots fired, shots fired.Hadley: It's a BB gun! It's just a BB gun. It was later determined that the weapon was a BB gun. Hadley goes on to scream he's dying, as Deputy Diaz-Austin runs around to the passenger side to grab the first aid kit. Diaz-Austin: I'm not hit, subject down. You can hear Diaz-Austin yell to Hadley not to move or reach for the gun or he'll get shot again. Hadley continues to yell it's a BB gun and rolls onto his stomach. The deputy then opened fire again and seconds later, fired four more shots.Diaz-Austin: I can't render aid, I'm 10-4, I can't render aid he's still moving and the guns underneath him. Diaz-Austin then asked dispatch if he should render aid. He was told to stand by. Dispatch: Do you know where he was shot?Deputy: In the face, in the chest, his arm, and I believe in the back of the head like the top of his head area. Monday afternoon, the Bernalillo County District Attorney's office charged the deputy with first-degree murder. The family told News 13 in a statement: “The family of 17-year-old Elijah Hadley hopes the District Attorney’s decision to chargeOtero County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Diaz-Austin with First Degree Murder is a step towards justice. Elijah was a son, brother, uncle, nephew, friend, student, artist, and a goodperson. The deputy shot Elijah 20 times—at least 15 of those shots came as he laid on theground, bleeding, unarmed, and screaming in pain. We demand accountability, and we willnot stop until justice is done.”