Albuquerque, NM-Twee Men were sentenced to lifelong terms in prison on Wednesday at the death of an 11-year-old boy outside an Albuquerque Baseball Stadium in 2023 that the Governor of New Mexico led to issue a controversial gun ban, said the office of the prosecutor in Albuquerque.
Researchers say that a truck that a mother wore and three young children was mistaken for another vehicle in the shooting when vehicles left the stadium. The rifle fire killed the 11-year-old Froslan Villegas and paralyzed cousin Tatiana Villegas, while Foylan’s mother and baby brother were unharmed.
A jury in February sentenced Jose Romero and Nathen Garley, both in their early 1920s, of murder in the first degree, tampered with evidence, shooting or a vehicle and other charges at the death of Villegas.
The men were convicted of life in prison plus 46 years, so that they remain permanently under the guardianship of the corrections, said prosecutors.
In the aftermath of the shooting and others that killed children, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham An emergency situation for public health about rifles, so that the right to wear weapons in some parks and playgrounds in the larger Albuquerque area temporarily suspends. The decision got protests and Legal challenges by lawyers for arms rights.
District lawyer Sam Bregman, a democratic candidate for Governor in 2026, said in a statement that the shootings “shake our entire community” and praised his staff for pursuing accountability.
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