EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An 18-year-old is facing charges after shooting his 15-year-old friend in the back as they were planning on stealing firearms from a home this past Monday, Oct. 13, in Las Cruces, according to court documents.

Court documents state Evan Gabriel Martinez, 18, who is currently on probation, is facing attempted murder and tampering with evidence after shooting 15-year-old Elijah Donovan Herrera in the back and trying to conceal messages on social media regarding the incident.

At around 2:30 a.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to the area of Dos Vistas and Arena for an assault. Once officers arrived, they found Herrera with a gunshot wound.

At the hospital, Herrera told officers that he was walking with Martinez when he felt that he had been hit on his back and fel

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