The vehicle’s driver and a passenger who is the suspected shooter were later arrested and their names were being withheld because they're juveniles, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank">police said</a>.

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<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/343/192/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/686/384/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/672/378/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1344/756/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/931/523/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1862/1046/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/720/405/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1440/810/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/640/320/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_NM_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="Two 16-year-old boys were arrested in connection with a New Mexico shooting that resulted in the killing of 17-year-old Benjamin Archuleta." width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>Two 16-year-old boys were arrested in connection with a New Mexico shooting that resulted in the killing of 17-year-old Benjamin Archuleta.</span> </p></div></div>

Police said the two teens are facing charges of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime" target="_blank">first-degree murder</a>, shooting from at or from a motor vehicle resulting in great bodily injury and assault with intent to commit a violent felony.

According to the Las Cruces Sun-News, Archuleta was enrolled at Las Cruces High School but had dropped out before the shooting occurred.

Two 16-year-old boys were arrested in connection with a shooting that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old boy. They are both facing charges of first-degree murder.

In New Mexico, 2 teenagers arrested for allegedly murdering 17-year-old boy

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