![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/two-men-arrested-over-horror-shooting-of-11-year-old-boy-outside-of-baseball-stadium/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_villJPG.jpg&description=Froylan Villegas was fatally wounded outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium by alleged gang members after a game in what was described by police as a case of mistaken identity Two men were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy, police confirmed. Froylan Villegas died after being gunned down outside baseball stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 6. On Thursday, Jose Romero, 22, and Nathen Garley, 21, were both being held for the shooting. Police Chief Harold Medina said in a news conference that it is believed the tragic incident, which happened after an Albuquerque Isotopes game, was a case of mistaken identity. He also posted in an earlier tweet: "These cowards thought they were tough. They killed an innocent child.' For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US Romero was taken into custody on Thursday evening and was wanted for failing to appear in court in connection with alleged drug dealing, Medina said. While Garley was already in custody when he was arrested. State Police Chief W. Troy Weisler added that he had been stopped by police on September 13 while returning from Arizona. A gun and around 100,000 fentanyl tablets were found in the vehicle. Authorities alleged that further investigations linked him to the boy's death. It is unclear if either men have a lawyer to speak on their behalf, reported NBC News. It was also suggested by police that the men were gang members and had pulled up in a car to target a pickup truck leaving the minor league game at the stadium. Froylan was killed and his cousin, Tatiana Villegas, paralyzed from the waist down as more than a dozen shot were fired. The boy's mother and younger brother were also in the truck but left uninjured - although two bullets barely missed the other child. Police initially thought it may have been a road rage incident. However, Romero and Garley had an ongoing feud with another man and had argued with him during th){kind=link}
Froylan Villegas was fatally wounded outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium by alleged gang members after a game in what was described by police as a case of mistaken identity
Two men were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy, police confirmed.
Froylan Villegas died after being gunned down outside baseball stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 6. On Thursday, Jose Romero, 22, and Nathen Garley, 21, were both being held for the shooting.
Police Chief Harold Medina said in a news conference that it is believed the tragic incident, which happened after an Albuquerque Isotopes game, was a case of mistaken identity. He also posted in an earlier tweet: “These cowards thought they were tough. They killed an innocent child.”
For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US