Police arrest second suspect in murder of 13-year-old
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police have arrested another suspect accused of the murder of a 13-year-old near downtown Albuquerque this summer.
APD detectives arrested 21-year-old Thomas Acee. Acee is accused of shooting and killing 13-year-old Michael Tubb and injuring another teen. It happened Aug. 18 near 4th St. and Atlantic Avenue.
Acee is accused of firing several gunshots at the car the two teens were in. Tubb died at the scene. Tubb’s death stirred anguish among local mothers who stepped up to remember him and shed light on what happened.
In October, police arrested Michael Flores. They accuse Flores of driving the car that Acee was in.
Acee also faces charges for shooting and wounding the other teen, who survived the shooting. Acee faces these charges:
- Open count of murder
- Aggravated battery with a deadly weapon
- Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
- Shooting at or from a motor vehicle resulting in great bodily harm
- Nine counts of tampering with evidence on an open count of murder
- Nine counts of conspiracy to commit tampering with evidence on an open count of murder
- Two counts of attempt to commit felony murder
This isn’t the first time Acee has faced charges for a shooting. Police arrested him in 2021 for allegedly shooting at the then-new Bernalillo County headquarters downtown. A jury found him not guilty when the case went to trial.
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