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A second person has been arrested in connection with a shooting that wounded a 17-year-old man in far East El Paso last week.
Oscar Contreras, 25, was taken into custody Tuesday by El Paso police gang investigators and members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, police officials said.
Contreras was booked into jail on an aggravated assault charge.
He is accused in a drug deal-related shooting that wounded 17-year-old Joey Joel Gonzalez at 11:45 p.m. June 3 at Carlos Bombach Park in the 12400 block of Nina Pearl Drive, documents state.
On Saturday, police arrested Jonathan Alexander Meraz, 17, in the case after he surrendered to the SWAT team at his home in the 3200 block of Merry Meadow.
An El Paso man sent a text saying his wife was pointing a gun at him before she allegedly killed him in their Northeast home, court documents state.
Detectives last week arrested 57-year-old Leanne Yvonne Mandeville on a murder charge in connection with the death of her 56-year-old husband, Laithe Marra.
Homicide detectives suspect Marra was shot about 10:50 p.m. on Feb. 19, before he was found dead the next morning in his home s garage in the 4700 block of El Campo Drive.
El Paso police initially were dispatched on the morning of Feb. 20 on a call about a suicide at the home.