Man accused of shooting roommate found in Florida
The 19-year-old faces two charges stemming from April 29 incident
The suspect in a Tijeras shooting late last month is on his way back to New Mexico after deputies tracked him to Florida.
Kyle Englert, 19, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the April 29 incident.
Deputy Connor Otero, a spokesman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, said Englert will be extradited after U.S. Marshals arrested him in Plant City, Florida, near Tampa Bay.
Englert is accused of shooting his roommate in the leg over a dispute at the Tijeras home they shared.
“You can run, but you cannot hide from BCSO and our expansive federal law enforcement partners, even on the other side of the country,” Sheriff Manuel Gonzales said in a released statement. “I am focused on combating gun violence across the metro area, and through the great work of BCSO’s Violent Crimes/ Homicide Unit and our partnership with the United States Marshals Service, we solved this violent shooting and located the suspect.”
According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court:
Deputies responded around 10:30 p.m. to the University of New Mexico Hospital after a man showed up with a gunshot wound. At first, the man said he didn’t know who shot him, but later told deputies Englert — his roommate — had shot him outside their Tijeras home.
The man said it started as an argument when he told Englert he didn’t like the way Englert yells at their girlfriends and acts like he is the only roommate who contributes around the house. As the fight escalated, the man told deputies Englert went inside and — in a fit of rage — he threw some rocks at the window.
“I turned around and the next thing I know he comes around and just shoots me in the ass,” the man told deputies.
The man’s girlfriend, who was there at the time, told deputies she ran toward Englert to “stop him” after the initial shots and he pointed the gun at her before going back inside.