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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The 22-year-old man suspected of shooting and critically wounding a teenager after a fight broke out over a drinking game Sunday was arrested Wednesday, according to Albuquerque police.

Jacob Daniel Trujillo, who also goes by Jack, was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center after an arrest warrant was issued charging him with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Police allege he shot and injured 17-year-old Jaime Acevez in the fight that also claimed the life of Arturo Villa, 18, and injured a third person.

Police said the shooting broke out around 4:30 a.m. Sunday after Acevez and Villa were playing beer pong against two unknown men at a mobile-home park near Blake and Unser SW. Acevez, also spelled Aceves, grew upset when he lost his watch in a bet and began to fight with one of the men, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in Metropolitan Court. The fight spilled into the street and Trujillo allegedly fired on Acevez, critically injuring him.

When he was taken into custody, Trujillo confessed to shooting Acevez, APD spokesman Simon Drobik said Wednesday night. He also gave information that led to the recovery of the gun police believe he used, Drobik said.

Acevez, who had been shot in the left side of his body, was in satisfactory condition Tuesday.

Police had been looking for Trujillo since Sunday.

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His arrest comes three days after detectives arrested Esias Madrid, 18, in Villa’s death and charged him with murder. When detectives arrested Madrid, he told them Trujillo fired first, according to the affidavit. Madrid said he walked toward Trujillo and two men “jumped” him and hit him in the back of the head.

Then, he said, he fired three rounds backward at the men, according to the affidavit. He said he believed one of his rounds he fired struck Ignacio Vasquez, 17, in the leg by accident.

Police found Villa mortally wounded inside a truck near the crime scene. Acevez and Vasquez were taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital. Madrid is being held at the county jail on a $250,000 cash-only bond. Trujillo was booked into jail Wednesday night, Drobik said.