Two young men accused of killing a 13-year-old Cathedral City boy in a gang-related drive-by shooting are slated to be arraigned Wednesday on first-degree murder and other charges.

James Ian Carter, 19, and Christian Arturo Milward Ildefonso, 18, were arrested last month following a Cathedral City Police Department investigation into the slaying of Alan Martinez.

Along with murder, both defendants are charged with criminal street gang activity, special circumstance allegations of perpetrating a murder for the benefit of a criminal street gang and shooting a victim from a moving vehicle, as well as sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.

Each man is being held without bail — Carter at the Byrd Detention Center, and Ildefonso at the Benoit Detention Center.

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