An 18-year-old man was arrested in the death of a 14-year-old boy and injury of another person while playing video games at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
July 26 An 18-year-old man was arrested in the death of a 14-year-old boy and injury of a 19-year-old while playing video games at a University of New Mexico student housing complex in Albuquerque, police said.
The campus reopened on Saturday, the university said in a news release.
The suspect, John Fuentes, was arrested around 2:30 p.m. local time Friday in Los Lunas, 25 miles south of Albuquerque and about 13 hours after the shooting at Casas del Rio housing complex.
Fuentes was taken into custody at 3 a.m. Saturday at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque.
He is facing charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and tampering with evidence, New Mexico State Police said.
Fuentes was arrested during a traffic stop on Highway 314 in Valencia County.
Several agencies, including state police, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and Albuquerque police, looked for Fuentes.
