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On March 3, 2019, 26-year-old Daniel Sandoval was killed during a violent vehicle pursuit in the Meadow Lake area near Los Lunas, New Mexico. Daniel and his brother Scott were chased by an SUV whose occupants fired multiple shots; Daniel, who was driving, was struck in the head and the car ran off the road. Scott escaped to a nearby house for help while assailants continued shooting at the disabled vehicle. Daniel suffered multiple gunshot wounds and later died at a hospital.

Scott told investigators that a man known as Boxer was after them. Authorities arrested Jesus Angel Garcia, 32, and Alexandro Montelongo Murillo, 24, on March 7, 2019; Scott later identified Garcia as Boxer and identified Murillo as the passenger from photographs. The two men were convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and attempted first-degree murder and received life terms plus additional years. The New Mexico Supreme Court later vacated those convictions and ordered a new trial, finding the trial court had excluded an eyewitness who identified a different, uncharged man as one of the shooters, which the court said deprived the defendants of a complete defense.

Does anyone have information about the drive-by shooting or about the neighbor who witnessed the attack?