A teen driver whose minivan was struck by five accused killers fleeing the scene of a deadly mass shooting in the Bronx in a stolen Honda is now facing criminal charges of his own.

But his dad insists his son is innocent, a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“He was just trying to bring his cousin home,” 41-year-old Adalberto Santiago told the Daily News. “They want to put that gun that was used in the killing on Josue and give him 10-15 years.”

Josue Lopez-Vasquez, 18, was arrested at St. Barnabas Hospital after officers responding to the shooting that left one dead and four wounded discovered a magazine containing two .45-caliber hollow-point rounds on the dashboard of his black Dodge Caravan, along with a semi-automatic pistol lying beneath the vehicle, court

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