Background: News footage of the scene where 13-year-old Michael Tubb was shot and killed (KOAT). Inset: Thomas Acee (Metropolitan Detention Center).
Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have arrested a second suspect in connection to a fatal shooting — and the suspect is the son of a federal agent.
Thomas Acee, 21, was arrested on Dec. 5 after investigators tied him to the August shooting death of Michael Tubb, 13, who was in a vehicle that Acee allegedly fired at during a shooting incident on Aug. 18. Another unnamed teenager who was in the car was also injured but survived. Acee faces several felony charges related to the shooting including an open count of murder in the first degree.
News coverage of the arrest also pointed out that Acee is the son of FBI Special Agent Bryan Acee, who is well-known in the region and makes occasional appearances in the local media to discuss crime-related issues.
The first suspect to be arrested in connection with the fatal shooting was Michael Flores, 22, who was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on Nov. 13. He also faces an open count of murder in the first degree. It was later determined by investigators that Acee was with Flores when the shooting happened.
KOAT, a local ABC affiliate, reported that a spokesperson from the Albuquerque Police Department said that Acee was accused of firing on a vehicle at 4th Street SW and Atlantic Avenue SW in Downtown Albuquerque. That vehicle was being driven by a 17-year-old girl, who was the other victim of the shooting. Tubb was her passenger.
In addition to the felony murder charge, Acee also faces charges of shooting at or from a motor vehicle, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, nine felony counts of tampering with evidence, nine counts of conspiracy to commit a felony, and two counts of attempting to commit a felony. He is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center without bail.
