Suspect arrested in killing of University of New Mexico baseball player
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Darian Bashir, 23, was arrested after police say he shot and killed UNM baseball player Jackson Weller. (Metropolitan Detention Center)
Albuquerque police arrested a man on Friday, accusing him of killing a University of New Mexico (UNM) baseball player at a popular restaurant last weekend.
Darian Bashir, 23, was taken into custody at an apartment on Saturday and arrested without incident. He faces a count of murder in the shooting of Jackson Weller, 23.
Friends of Weller told police the former baseball player was in a fight before the shooting, but that Bashir wasn't involved, according to The Albuquerque Journal.
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Video surveillance appears to show Bashir committing the crime, officials say. Detectives say he was later seen in a car speeding away from the scene, although it's not clear if he was driving the vehicle.
Police found Weller at 2:15 a.m. lying on the street. He was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}UNM pitcher Jackson Weller stands in the team's locker room. He was shot and killed last weekend and police have identified a suspect. (UNM)
According to police, three witnesses saw Bashir holding a gun, and two of them reported seeing him shoot Weller and walk away.
Bashir was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Feb. 13. for allegedly firing a weapon out of a vehicle, but Judge Richard Brown released Bashir because he had "minimal criminal history" and "no felony convictions."
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tributes for Weller were planned at the UNM baseball team's game against UNLV on Saturday. Ray Birmingham, the coach for UNM, tweeted a picture of the team's lineup for the game, with Weller included as the starting pitcher
A large heart shaped wreath with a cross in his baseball glove were also placed on the pitcher's mound behind a large poster with Weller's name on it, the caption reading "We love you Jackson Weller."