A court in Santa Fe ruled that the adolescent who fired indiscriminately at a school could not be held criminally responsible for the attack. The shooting killed one classmate and wounded other students. The ruling turned on the age threshold for criminal liability that applied when the crime occurred. At that time, the former system set 16 years as the minimum age for punishment. Because the shooter was younger, the court classified him as inimputable under that standard. The legal issue in the case is whether the 16-year threshold should apply to younger teenagers accused of serious school violence.