EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The suspect believed to be responsible for the shooting death of a 23-year-old man back in December of last year has been arrested, according to Las Cruces Police.
Police say Xavier Noe Altamirano, 20, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 23, on a warrant.
Altamirano is charged with a second-degree felony count of murder and one second-degree felony count of shooting at or from a motor vehicle, according to police.
Police say shortly before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 23, they were dispatched to Top Crop located on 2240 E. Lohman Ave. in Las Cruces and found Steven Alarcon, 23, dead in the parking lot.
LCPD detectives later discovered that Altamirano and another man were inside a GMC Sierra that Saturday in the parking lot.
Police say the pickup truck was driven by Jesus Adam Herrera, 36, and Altamirano was in the passenger seat.
Police say Alarcon was standing near the driver’s side window of the pick up truck when he got into a verbal argument with Herrera.
Police say as the argument escalated, Altamirano discharged several rounds from the inside of the pickup truck.
Alarcon was struck by the gunfire and tried running away before collapsing in the parking lot and both men fled the scene in the pickup truck before police arrived, according to police.
Police say investigators obtained a significant amount of evidence that positively identified Herrera as the driver of the pickup truck and Altamirano as the front-seat passenger and shooter.
Herrera was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 27 and charged with multiple felonies including tampering with evidence, violating terms of his probation, conspiracy to commit a second-degree felony and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Herrera and Altamirano are both being held without bond at the Dona Ana County Detention Center.
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