ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ty Gallegos pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of a local mother back in 2022.

Gallegos is one of five young people charged with shooting Kayla Montano at a gas station near I-25 and Comanche.

Police say the murder was a case of mistaken identity. The teens thought Montano’s SUV belonged to the person who tried to rob two of them earlier that night.

Sentencing will take place at a later date.

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