Samson “Doughboy” Martinez is facing charges of attempted murder and participating in a street gang.

Jury deliberations began Wednesday afternoon in the trial of a 19-year-old man accused in a gang-motivated drive-by shooting in Desert Hot Springs.

Samson “Doughboy” Martinez is facing charges of attempted murder and participating in a street gang.

He allegedly leaned out of a passenger door and shot Marcus Vasquez in the upper right arm near the intersection of Via Real and Hacienda Avenue on April 6, 2010.

Prosecutors allege that, as a member of the True Crime Boy gang, Martinez attacked Vasquez because he was a member of the rival West Drive Locos.

The victim was targeted while walking with several friends, none of whom were hit.

Martinez was connected to the shooting when the three people riding with him in a Ford Taurus that day identified the then-18-year-old as the gunman, according to a declaration in support of an arrest warrant filed by Desert Hot Springs police Investigator David Topping.

When officers tracked down the car later that day, one of the occupants — Daivon Johnson — told police, “I'll tell you the truth; I'll tell you everything,” Topping said.

Johnson, as well as William Shack and Corey Rodriguez, relayed the story of the shooting to Topping, the investigator said. All three later identified Martinez in a police lineup, he said.

“They said they were driving on West Drive when Doughboy saw the males and stated ‘That's the West, that's the West,'” Topping wrote. “They said Doughboy then opened the rear passenger door and began firing a pistol in the direction of the males.”

The three said they let Martinez out of the car following the shooting and were soon stopped by officers, who had matched the vehicle's description to that given by witnesses at the scene, according to Topping.

The three said that before leaving the car, Martinez referred to the targeted men as enemies and called their gang a derogatory term.