Shooting Suspect to Remain Jailed

STATE POLICE WANT JESUS ARENIVAR TO BE HELD IN JAIL UNTIL HIS TRIAL. ARENIVAR IS A SUSPECT IN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST WEEK THAT INVOLVED STATE POLICE. HE WAS ARRESTED AND APPEARED IN COURT SUNDAY, WHEN THE STATE ASKED THAT HE REMAIN INCARCERATED UNTIL HIS TRIAL.

THE SHOOTING OCCURRED NEAR OLD COORS AND CENTRAL AVENUE. ARENIVAR LED POLICE ON A CAR CHASE AND HE HAD TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE WITH HIM. THEY ESCAPED AND ARE STILL BEING SOUGHT. STATE POLICE FIRED AND HIT ARENIVAR IN THE SHOULDER.

HE HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY AND ADMITTED THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING WAS STOLEN.

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