By: ABQ RAW staff
POSTED: 11/21/2022 @ 1:45PM
Jonathan Smith booking photo
Albuquerque – New Mexico State Police have charged Jonathan Smith, 19, of Albuquerque in his role involving the deadly shooting on the UNM campus this past weekend. The shootout left one student dead, and one student athlete wounded.
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According to a criminal complaint, 21-year-old NMSU student athlete Mike Peake was lured onto the UNM campus to meet up with a girl to have sex with her. Once on campus Peake was jumped by Smith and two others. Peake was in town with his Las Cruces team for a basketball game which was to happen later that day against their rivals University of New Mexico basketball team.
NMSU basketball player Mike Peake
The complaint goes on to say Peake took an Uber from his team hotel to the UNM campus in order to meet up with a girl named “Honey”. During the investigation police found out Honey was brought in as a ploy to seek revenge stemming from a UNM vs NMSU football game last month. The football game was in Las Cruces, N.M. were the assailants and Peake had an altercation.
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