Wild Gunfight in Nashua: 1 Person Shot, 2 Arrested

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Two Nashua residents were arrested Monday after a wild gunfight that covered several locations and ended when a victim who was shot in the back arrived at a local hospital in a bullet-ridden car, police said.

Ryan Mateo, 19, of 4 Louisberg Sq., Nashua, shot the 20-year-old male victim in the back from the passenger seat of a vehicle, police said. He was charged with first-degree assault and reckless conduct. Police said the driver was Rony Guzman, 20, of 16 Nevada St. He was charged with first-degree assault and criminal liability to reckless conduct.

(Mateo pictured at left in photo; Guzman at right.)

The victim was treated and released from Southern New Hampshire Medical Center.

Police said on Monday at about 7 p.m., they received a report of shots fired on Kinsley Street. More shots were fired in the area of Lovell Street and then Palm Street, police said.

Officers issued a be-on-the-lookout alert for a maroon Acura involved in the shooting.

Mateo and Guzman were being held in custody pending an arraignment Wednesday.

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