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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque man was arrested on multiple charges after he fired at and hit the vehicle carrying a couple who called 911 to report that he was hitting an infant, according to police.

Officers were dispatched to the Circle K gas station near Quail and Coors NW late Wednesday after a woman said she and her boyfriend saw a man striking a small child, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court.

The man, identified later as 33-year-old Miguel Otero, noticed that the couple was staring at him and approached them, asking what they were looking at, according to the complaint. The woman called police, and drove toward a nearby Sonic restaurant, at which point her car was reportedly hit with a rock.

The couple told police that Otero followed them in his car – with his wife and 11-month-old son inside, according to the complaint. He eventually got out of his vehicle and fired a shot, hitting their car, police said.

Officers used a license plate number to locate Otero’s car, which they found sitting in the driveway of his grandmother’s home. Otero’s wife directed police to the handgun, which they found under a mattress, according to the complaint.

Otero told police he was putting gas in his car when the baby started crying. He moved the boy’s car seat, at which point a man started calling him names. According to police, Otero said he threw a rock at the man’s car as he drove away, and when he saw the car parked at a Sonic nearby, he approached and said, “What’s up, eh?”

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He said he never pulled a gun and didn’t hit his son. Police said they did not notice any signs of trauma or bruising on the infant.

Otero was arrested and booked into the county jail on charges of aggravated assault, child abuse and shooting at a motor vehicle. His bail was set at $60,100.