14-Year-Old Suspect in West Mesa High Shooting Arrested

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy who had accused the younger boy of stealing his gun, Albuquerque police said Saturday.

The suspect was arrested Friday evening following the fatal shooting that morning of Andrew Burson near West Mesa High School, police said in a statement. Both youths attended the school and knew each other, the statement said.

The shooting happened when Burson confronted the 14-year-old whom Burson had accused him of stealing a gun that Burson purchased over the internet, the statement said.

The 14-year-old started to run away and Burson chased him, but the suspect pulled a gun and fired at Burson five or six times at Burson, who was struck several times and died at the scene, the statement said.

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