Alberto Sandoval was 21 when he was shot and killed in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 19, 2006. The killing has been described as gang-related; investigators tied the shooting to a rivalry between street gangs and identified Sandoval as a member of a gang rival to the person later charged.

A man named Manuel Turrietta was arrested and convicted on second-degree murder and other charges in connection with the shooting. Prosecutors contended the killing grew out of the gang rivalry.

The state Supreme Court later ordered a new trial for Turrietta after finding that a judge had improperly closed the courtroom to some spectators during testimony by two former gang members who had served as confidential informants, ruling the partial closure violated the defendant’s right to a public trial. Does anyone have information about Alberto’s life in Albuquerque or the events leading up to July 19, 2006?