By: ABQRAW staff
Posted: 01/11/2024 @ 1:00PM
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Albuquerque – APD says their detectives have arrested a fifth suspect connected to the December 2022 shooting death of Albuquerque Academy student Jada Gonzales during a West Side house party.
Detectives worked with officers in the Northwest Area Command to successfully apprehend Jese Barrios 19, at a home on Copper Mountain Trail N.W.
Barrios was among a group of five males who brought guns to a house party on December 17, 2022 and were subsequently kicked out. After being removed from the gathering, shots were fired into the home by the five thugs who were kicked out. One round struck 18 year-old Jada Gonzales inside the home and she died shortly after.
Barrios has now been charged with an open count of Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Shooting at Dwelling or Occupied Building (death), Conspiracy to commit Shooting at a dwelling or Occupied Building (death), Shooting at or from a Motor Vehicle (death), Conspiracy to Shoot at or from a Motor Vehicle (death), and Tampering with Evidence.
Four other teens, Jesse Parra, Cruz Medina, Isaiah Espinoza, and Julian Prieb were arrested previously in 2023 in connection with the homicide.
Jada Gonzales