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The Latin Times Staff

New Mexico teen gunned down a mom in front of her young daughter. He thought he was killing someone else

Kayla Montaño (Credit: Montaño family)

A teen who admitted to opening fire on a car, killing a woman in front of her young daughter in 2022, has been sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to first-degree murder.

Concretely, Ty Gallegos will spend 10 years in prison for the killing of Kayla Montaño in New Mexico. The crime took place in March 2022, after two teenagers told Gallegos and two other people that someone in a SUV had robbed them in a gas station.

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