Police: Teen suspect arrested for fatal shooting at downtown Albuquerque club

Police: Teen suspect arrested for fatal shooting at downtown Albuquerque club

Albuquerque police have arrested 16-year-old Louis Mugishawimana for the fatal overnight shooting of a man at a downtown Albuquerque club.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police have arrested 16-year-old Louis Mugishawimana for the fatal overnight shooting of a man at a downtown Albuquerque club.

Officers were called to a shooting around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at Knockouts, a strip club near Central and 3rd Street. They arrived and found a man dead.

According to APD, a witness wrestled Mugishawimana to the ground and officers detained him.

Police say Mugishawimana told officers that he shot the man in self-defense.

Investigators have not released the identity of the man killed.

The shooting is still under investigation.

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