Investigators don't believe that a 17-year-old boy killed in a drive-by shooting in which the son of a New Mexico lawmaker has been arrested was the intended target of the attack.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that police instead believe the shooting that killed Jaydon Chavez-Silver on June 26 was motivated by retaliation.
Donovan Maez, the 18-year-old son of Democratic Rep. Stephanie Maez of Albuquerque, was arrested Friday.
Authorities believe that Maez was reportedly beaten up when a fight broke out at the same house about a month before Chavez-Silver was killed and that a young man who lived at the house owed one of Maez's friends $500 for drugs.
Maez told police that he was at a different party at the time of the shooting.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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