Arrest made in drive-by homicide

Posted at: 11/06/2009 10:34 AM | Updated at: 11/06/2009 1:30 PM
By: The Associated Press

 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A third teen wanted in an Albuquerque-area shooting has been arrested. Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Erin Kinnard Thompson said detectives located 17-year-old Roberto Gonzalez Friday morning.

Gonzalez was booked with an open count of murder in the Oct. 30 driveby shooting death of 19-year-old John Valenzuela. Two teens were already in custody. They are identified as 17-year-old Lorenzo Velarde and 16-year-old Louie Velarde. According to a criminal complaint, Valenzuela was shot three times.

Valenzuela was rushed to University of New Mexico Hospital where he later died.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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