LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico Highlands University football recruit has been arrested by police in Las Vegas, N.M., in connection with a California homicide.
The Las Vegas Optic reports that police took 22-year-old Brandon Johnson into custody Wednesday. He was recruited in the spring and had just enrolled at Highlands for a summer class.
Long Beach police spokeswoman Lisa Massacani says Johnson was the third person arrested in the June 25 death of Dajon Daniels.
An arrest warrant claims Johnson is a gang member. It says Johnson allegedly assaulted the victim as a fellow gang member shot and killed him.
