(CNN) The California man accused of intentionally driving his car into another car, killing three teen boys, did so in retaliation after the boys ding-dong ditched his home, the Riverside County District Attorney's Office said.

Anurag Chandra, 42, faces three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder for the accident, which occurred in southern California earlier this week. Now, the district attorney's office is seeking a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders.

Under California state law, if Chandra is found guilty of first-degree murder and one of several "special circumstances" about the crime are proven, he could be eligible for life in prison without parole or the death penalty, though capital punishment was suspended in the state in 2019.

Six teenage boys were having a sleepover in Chandra's Temescal Valley neighborhood, and one of them was dared to ring Chandra's doorbell, the Riverside County District Attorney's Office said. One of the boys rang his doorbell and darted back into the group's Toyota Prius, the office said.

Chandra allegedly got in his Infiniti Q50, and chased after the teens' car. He rammed into the back of the Prius and sent it veering off the road and into a tree, the district attorney's office said.

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