KTVU Fox 2: 3-year-old allegedly killed by mom's boyfriend in Santa Clara identified

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - A 3-year-old boy allegedly killed by his mother's boyfriend in Santa Clara was identified Thursday as Ivan Martinez-Alvarado by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner.

Ivan was shot in the head at close range Tuesday by his mother's live-in boyfriend, 24-year-old Sergio Colin Gomez, of Santa Clara, officials said. The shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. at Riley Square Apartments, just off Lawrence Expressway north of El Camino Real.

Prosecutors said that Ivan and his pregnant mother were watching TV at their apartment when Gomez came home. After the little boy fell asleep, the suspect began to accuse the mother of infidelity. According to the police department's statement of facts, the defendant was trying to force the woman to confess to cheating, telling her, "Yes or No."