Teen accused of killing boy, 14, in New Mexico college dorm as a group played playing video games

An 18-year-old faces a first-degree murder charge after a shooting at the University of New Mexico that left one teen dead and another injured.

Police arrested John Fuentes, 18, in Valencia County at 2.30 p.m. Friday, more than 12 hours after a 14-year-old boy was shot dead in Mesa Vista Hall at the University of New Mexico Campus in Albuquerque, state police said.

The initial investigation determined that the incident involved four individuals who were hanging out in a room inside the Casas Del Rio dorm, according to state police. The group was playing video games when the suspect opened fire, fatally shooting a 14-year-old. Fuentes and the other two people in the room then fled the scene…

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