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The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man at an Northeast sa国际传媒官网网页入口 motel was resolved this week by a plea agreement with a second person charged in the killing.

Both co-defendants have pleaded no contest to shooting at or from a motor vehicle resulting in the death of Miguel Sanchez in 2021.

Matthew Martinez, 28, entered his plea on Monday and faces four to nine years in prison at sentencing.

His co-defendant, Anjanette Martinez, 31, entered her plea in December and faces up to eight years in prison.

No sentencing hearing has been scheduled in either case. Second Judicial District Judge Emeterio Rudolfo presided in both cases.

sa国际传媒官网网页入口 police responded around 2:30 a.m. on April 17, 2021, to a shooting at the Quality Inn and Suites near Menaul NE and Interstate 25.

Officers found Sanchez behind the wheel of a truck that had crashed into a pillar. Sanchez was injured by a single gunshot and died four days later at a hospital.

The 2nd Judicial District Attorney鈥檚 Office said the case offered 鈥渃hallenging factual circumstances鈥� that led to the plea agreements.

鈥淭he order of events leading up to the shooting is unclear, opening up the possibility of a potential self defense claim,鈥� the DA鈥檚 office said in a written statement.

The firearm used in the shooting was never found, and the identification of Matthew Martinez as the gunman was based entirely on statements from his co-defendant, the statement said.

鈥淥ther than Anjanette, there is no direct evidence to put the firearm in Matthew Martinez鈥檚 hand,鈥� the statement said. 鈥淭he results of the shooting reconstruction indicate that either Matthew or Anjanette could have fired the fatal shots.鈥�

Anjanette Martinez initially was charged with first-degree murder and Matthew Martinez with second-degree murder.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court, Sanchez鈥檚 girlfriend told police she and Sanchez confronted a woman stealing her belongings from a hotel room.

Surveillance video showed the girlfriend confronting a man and a woman before the man got into the driver鈥檚 side of an SUV and the woman got into the passenger seat.

The girlfriend told police that Sanchez attempted to prevent the pair from driving away by blocking their SUV with his own vehicle, the complaint said. Sanchez was then shot by someone in the SUV, it said.