Adrian Maestas Jr., 15, was shot near Inca Road and 2nd Street SE in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, on October 30, 2024. Police found him with a gunshot wound to the head about 4:10 PM; he was transported to a local hospital but died around midnight on November 1, 2024. Reports say the shooting occurred during a meeting of acquaintances that escalated into a gunfight.

Maestas was a student at Rio Rancho High School and a promising football player, remembered by friends and family as warm, humorous, and always smiling. The Rio Rancho Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division says it has identified all individuals and vehicles connected to the incident and is processing evidence. No arrests or public naming of suspects have been announced; investigators have circulated a doorbell camera image of a young male last seen with Adrian and asked anyone with information to contact Detective Arion Hayes.

Did anyone in the area see the gathering that afternoon or recognize the young man in the doorbell camera image?