ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A THIRD SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE JUNE 26TH DRIVE-BY SHOOTING DEATH OF MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER. SIXTEEN YEAR OLD NICHOLAS GONZALES FACES AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER AFTER HIS ARREST FRIDAY. IT’S THE SAME CHARGE FILED AGAINST THE OTHER TWO SUSPECTS … 18 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MAEZ AND 21 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER CRUZ.
A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS GONZALES TOLD ANOTHER INMATE AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO KILLED CHAVEZ-SILVER. KOB-TV REPORTS A WITNESS ALSO TOLD POLICE HE THOUGHT GONZALES WAS THE SHOOTER.
