El Rito Media A 27-year-old Artesia man was charged with trespassing amid the investigation into a shooting in May that left a man dead, and a teenager initially charged with murder.

Efrain Luna was charged with a single misdemeanor criminal trespass charge July 9, months after the shooting which remained under investigation by the Artesia Police Department. Police arrested a 14-yearold boy for shooting Isaac Granado, 32, charging the child with second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and possession of a firearm by a person younger than 19. The murder and tampering charges were dropped in June after investigators ruled the shooting was “in self-defense,” said Artesia Police Cmdr. Pete Quinones.

house amid the conflict on the day of the shooting.

Investigators were initially called to the Artesia General Hospital where Granado was found suffering from a gunshot wound and unresponsive. Police spoke with a woman who brought Granado to the emergency room after the shooting. Police said the witness heard gunshots from across the street.

The Carlsbad Current-Argus does not name witnesses to a crime who have not been charged themselves, or minors charged with a crime.

The woman said she saw the boy pull out a gun and heard Granado tell him to put it down and “Fight me (expletive),” read the complaint. The woman told investigators a group of boys including the 14-year-old who was charged with murder “jumped” Granado’s brother Dominic Granado earlier that day.

A man who lived at the home arrived at the scene of the shooting, the woman said, and picked up the boys and tried to leave, read the complaint. They were stopped by police nearby and the boy was arrested.

Police said the boy testified he did not shoot Granado, that Granado and a group of men came to the house where the boy was on Champ Clark, the complaint read. The boy told police Granado and the men threatened him and began beating him, and that Granado told the boy to shoot him. The boy said Granado reached for the boy’s gun during the struggle and it “went off.” The boy denied shooting Granado several times, read the complaint.

Luna was allegedly one of the men that accompanied Granado to the house. He told police he was driving Granado to his parents’ house when Granado asked him to pull over on Champ Clark and approached the boy. Luna told police Granado “jumped” at the boy, the complaint read.

Luna told police the boy had two guns which he fired in the conflict. Luna said he was shot in the shoulder, read the complaint, then got in his truck and left.

Security footage reviewed by investigators showed the conflict and Granado, Luna and a third man entering the front yard of the house and yelling at the boy who brandished two handguns, read the complaint.

Luna was observed on camera standing in the doorway of the house, the complaint read.

Police said seven shots were heard from the camera footage, and Luna was seen leaving the house and going west down the street following the shooting, read the compliant.

After testimony from several witness, reviewing camera footage from the house, police said Luna entered the home illegally and refused to leave despite being told by the boy multiple times amid the conflict.

Adrian Hedden can be reached at 734-972-6855, achedden@currentargus. com or @AdrianHedden on the social media platform X.