LCPD: Police arrest four in shooting that left 14-year-old pot seller wounded

Police arrested two juveniles and two adults suspected in the February 5, 2017 shooting that left a 14-year-old boy wounded.

Sabino Paez, 17; Alicianna Baca, 17; Ismael Dunlap, 18; and 21-year-old Anthony Lalo Castrillo IV were charged for their alleged involvement in the shooting on the 4200 block of Charles Street.

Paez, Dunlap and Castrillo are each charged with one count of Armed Robbery and Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery.

Police said Paez, the alleged shooter, is also charged with one count of Aggravated Battery Causing Great Bodily Harm. Baca, Castrillo’s girlfriend, is charged with one count of Tampering with Evidence for allegedly taking the handgun from Paez, wiping it down and disposing it, police said.

Detectives learned Paez, Dunlap and Castrillo arranged to purchase marijuana from the 14-year-old victim on Super Bowl Sunday. The three young men allegedly conspired to steal the marijuana.

Sometime after 4 pm that day, Castrillo drove Paez and Dunlap to Charles Street to meet the 14-year-old boy. When the boy allegedly handed the marijuana to Dunlap, sitting in the backseat of the car, Paez pulled out a .40 caliber handgun and indicated they were going to steal the drugs.

When the 14-year-old tried to retrieve the marijuana from Dunlap, Paez fired a round that struck the boy’s right forearm, police said.

The victim was transported to University Medical Center of El Paso with non-life-threatening injuries.

Paez and Baca were booked into the juvenile section of the Dona Ana County Detention Center where they are initially being held without bond.

Dunlap and Castrillo were booked into the detention center with cash-only bonds set at $25,000.