https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/albuquerque-police-arrest-suspects-in-murder-of-11-year-old-froylan-villegas/

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque detectives have arrested two men for the murder of 11-year-old Froylan Villegas.

Police arrested 22-year-old Jose Romero and 21-year-old Nathen Garley. Investigators have determined this was a case of mistaken identity and the shooting was gang-related.

“These cowards thought they were tough,” APD Chief Harold Medina said in a social media post Thursday evening. “They killed an innocent child.”

Froylan was leaving an Albuquerque Isotopes game just over two weeks ago when someone shot into his family’s truck more than a dozen times. Froylan died and his cousin, Tatiana Villegas, was critically injured.

Police say the suspects mistook the family’s truck for another truck they were targeting.

Police just held a news conference on this case at their headquarters. Watch the full update via the KOB 4 YouTube.

Police said Romero was armed when he was arrested at an Allsups in Albuquerque around 8 p.m. Thursday.

Garley had reportedly gone to Arizona following the shooting and later ran into a New Mexico State Police officer on Sept. 13 during a traffic stop in Grants.