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2D Daily News – Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Nation honors MLK Jr. on day of Obama inauguration ATLANTA (AP) — The nation was honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday — the same day it celebrated the inauguration of the first black president to his second term. A quirk in the calendar pushed President Barack Obama's public swearing-in in Washington onto the national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader. In Atlanta, an annual commemorative service was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King preached. The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference was the keynote speaker, marking the first time a Latino leader served in the role. Bernice King, the youngest daughter of the slain civil rights leader, also addressed the crowd. She stressed her father's legacy of peace and nonviolence, describing how he calmed an armed, angry crowd when their home in Montgomery, Ala., was bombed. Her father stood on the porch and urged the crowd to fight not with guns but with Christian love, an act his daughter called ''one of the bravest experiences of gun control that we've ever heard of in the history of our nation.'' In Washington, several dozen people took turns Monday morning taking pictures with the statue of King before heading to the National Mall, about a 15-minute walk away. Nicole Hailey, 34, had driven with her family from Monroe, N.C., a six-hour trip that they started at midnight. Hailey attended Obama's first inauguration four years ago and was carrying her Metro ticket from that day, a commemorative one with the president's face printed on it. She said her family made a point of coming to the memorial before staking out a spot for the ceremony. ''It's Martin Luther King's special day,'' she said. ''We're just celebrating freedom.'' Jon Barton, 61, and his wife Brooke Stephens, 59, of Roanoke, Va., had knocked on doors to get out the vote for Obama. On Monday they, too, were at the memorial before heading to the mall. ''When you grew up in the '60s, this means a lot,'' Stephens said. In Memphis, Tenn., some marked the day with a visit to the National Civil Rights Museum, built on the site of the old Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968. Wilbur Cole, a 52-year-old postman from Germantown, said the inauguration adds to the recognition of the King holiday, especially in Memphis. King and Obama, he said, ''are the great men of this era.'' Joyce Oliver said she came to the museum Monday to enjoy a slice of history and that the inauguration sheds more light on the King holiday and his legacy. ''This is the dream that Dr. King talked about in his speech,'' Oliver said. ''We see history in the making. This is the second term for a black president. This is something he spoke about, that all races come together as one.'' Report: NM teen had homicidal, suicidal thoughts ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico teenager accused of fatally shooting his parents and three younger siblings told authorities he was annoyed with his mother and had been having homicidal and suicidal thoughts, according to a probable cause statement. Nehemiah Griego, 15, remained in custody Monday on charges of murder and child abuse resulting in death. He was arrested following the shootings Saturday at a home in a rural area southwest of Albuquerque where he lived with his family. A Bernalillo County sheriff's detective questioned the teen Saturday night and the details of their conversation were spelled out in the statement. The teen allegedly told the detective that he took a .22 caliber rifle from his parents' closet around midnight Saturday and shot his mother in the head while his younger brother slept next to her. Griego told the detective that his brother did not believe him that their mother was dead so he showed his mother's bloody face to his brother and then shot him, according to the statement. He's accused of then shooting his two young sisters in their room. He retrieved an AR-15 rifle from his parents' closet and waited in a downstairs bathroom for his father to come home. The statement said he shot his father multiple times after he passed the bathroom doorway. The teen said he reloaded the guns so ''he could drive to a populated area to murder more people,'' according to the statement. His plan, the statement said, was to ''shoot people at random and eventually be killed while exchanging gunfire with law enforcement.'' Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Aaron Williamson said Monday he couldn't immediately comment on the document. Detectives have spent two days collecting evidence and trying to piece together what led to the violence. ''There's no other way to say it, except that we have a horrific crime scene down there that we are working on,'' Bernalillo County Sheriff Dan Houston said Sunday. The detectives had finished their work at the home by Monday afternoon. The metal gate at the home's entrance was shut, a small bouquet of purple flowers was on the top of the gate and at each side there were religious signs, including one that read ''Jesus is the reason for the season.'' The sheriff's office identified the victims as Greg Griego, 51, his wife Sarah Griego, 40, and three of their children: a 9-year-old boy, Zephania Griego, and daughters Jael Griego, 5, and Angelina Griego, 2. All appeared to have gunshot wounds to the head. Greg Griego was a pastor who had once served at Calvary, one of Albuquerque's largest Christian churches. He was also well-known throughout the law enforcement community for his work as a voluntary chaplain. Neighbor Terry Wootan described Griego as a man with a big heart. The two sometimes chatted at the mailbox and would wave to each other when passing by. Wootan said Griego told him about his time in California when he was involved in gangs and how he turned his life around and found God. ''What he wanted to do was help people, and he would never quit,'' Wootan said. The pastor's death has shocked the community, including the Albuquerque Fire Department and the Metropolitan Detention Center, where he volunteered his spiritual guidance. A records check by the Children, Youth and Families Department indicated no trouble with the Griego family and that Nehemiah Griego had never been in trouble with the law. ''This youth had no history with the juvenile justice system,'' agency spokesman Bob Tafoya said Monday. Williamson confirmed there was no history of any emergency calls to the home in the recent past. Neighbors said they saw the first police cars and ambulances arrive at the home Saturday night. 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