APD: Suspect arrested for deadly shooting in SE Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –  Albuquerque police arrested a suspect accused of fatally shooting a man Friday night in the southeast part of the city.

Police on Wednesday arrested 24-year-old Davonta Jacob for the deadly shooting. It happened around 10:15 p.m. Friday, near Palomas Drive and Eastern Avenue.

Officers say they found a man with a gunshot wound. Witnesses tried life-saving measures on him but he later died.

Police later identified the man as Timothy Lemon.

Detectives identified Jacob based on witness descriptions and surveillance video. Video allegedly showed a vehicle stopped in the road. Then, the driver exited and fired a shot in “the general direction where the victim was shot.”

One of the witnesses reportedly said Lemon was helping someone put up a tent in the area when the shooting happened.

Jacob is charged with an open count of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.