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Arrest made in Mexican shooting that prompted New Mexico 911 dispatcher to resign

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(Note strong language in paragraph 10)Police in New Mexico have 
arrested the 18-year-old son of a state lawmaker in connection 
with a drive-by shooting that made headlines after it was 
revealed that an emergency services dispatcher had hung up on a 
teenage girl who was trying to assist the victim.

Seventeen-year-old Jaydon Chavez-Silver died in the June 
shooting in Albuquerque and the 911 dispatcher, Matthew Sanchez, 
resigned late last month. On Saturday, Albuquerque police said 
they had arrested the suspected shooter in the case, Donovan 
Maez of Albuquerque, late Friday night.

Stephanie Maez, a Democrat from Albuquerque, confirmed Saturday 
that her son had been arrested.

"Donovan is my son and I love him very very much," Maez said in 
a statement. "My heart is aching today and I am waiting to see 
how this difficult situation develops. As we go forward, the 
love of my family and my faith in God will see us through."

According to a criminal complaint filed against Maez, Chavez-
Silver was at a house party with 16 others when about 10 shots 
were fired at the house in northeast Albuquerque.

Chavez-Silver, sitting on a kitchen counter, was the only person 
hit by a bullet. It struck him above the right collar bone.

The complaint did not offer a firm motive for the shooting, but 
police said there is no indication Chavez-Silver was the 
intended target.

The incident sparked controversy last month after the 
Albuquerque Fire Department released a tape of a 911 emergency 
call in which Sanchez is heard to tell a female caller to "deal 
with it herself" as she seeks help for a shooting victim.

The caller had told Sanchez she was doing cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation on the male. Sanchez twice asked if the teenager 
was breathing, according to a recording of the call released to 
the media.

"He's barely breathing. How many times do I have to fucking tell 
you?" the caller said.

"OK, you know what ma'am? You could deal with it yourself. I'm 
not gonna deal with this, OK?," he said, before hanging up on 
her.

Esperanza Quintero, 17, told Albuquerque television station KOAT 
that she was the 911 caller.

"Being on the phone and getting hung up on, that just made me 
more upset," she told the station.

Chavez-Silver was later taken to a hospital where he was 
pronounced dead, police said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/16/us-usa-dispatcher-new-
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