Teen charged with murder for shooting at Runyon Lake in Pueblo

Pueblo police have arrested a 17-year-old for the fatal shooting of another 17-year-old last month at Runyon Lake.

The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 25. Police say Elijah Naranjo was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound and died from his injuries.

Police say that a teenager was taken into custody just a few hours later and questioned following the shooting. According to a news release, police knew that day that the teenager had fatally shot Naranjo, but he wasn’t charged with second-degree murder until Thursday, when he appeared in court.

We still don’t know what led to the shooting or how the victim and suspect knew each other when the shooting happened.

The suspect hasn’t been identified, and it still hasn’t been determined if he’s going to be tried as an adult.

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The Pueblo Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting at Runyon Lake.

Officers say a 17-year-old man was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, where he was later pronounced dead. The victim’s identity has not yet been released.

The investigation has revealed that a shooting had taken place near a parking lot at Runyon Lake, after some sort of disturbance had occurred between people in two separate vehicles. The suspect left the scene in one vehicle, and the victim was taken to the hospital in the other.

The suspect was later arrested. His identity has not yet been released.

After interviews and further investigation, it was determined that said juvenile male had shot the victim. The juvenile male was booked into the Pueblo Youth Services Center on the charge of Juvenile in Possession of a Firearm. Additional charges related to the homicide are still being considered.