Note: This story was updated at 1:39 p.m. Thursday, July 28, after Las Cruces police detailed the shooting near Frenger Park.

LAS CRUCES – One man sits in jail and a shooting suspect has yet to be arrested as police and city officials plan to host a news conference to address questions about two unrelated shootings that have rattled residents.

The first shooting left a 17-year-old boy critically injured. Police said the shooing happened about 4 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of E. Park Drive and Branson Avenue, just east of Frenger Park.

In a news release sent about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, police say the boy was meeting with other young men near the park when there was an altercation. A suspect pulled a gun and shot the boy, police said. The boy was transported to University Medical Center of El Paso. He is listed in critical condition.

Police believe the suspect may have fled the area in a white sport utility vehicle. Las Cruces police are asking for witnesses to come forward and help identify the suspect. Anyone with information should call police at 575-526-0795. Tips can also be provided anonymously by calling Las Cruces Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or through the Las Cruces Crime Stoppers app, “P3 TIPS.”

The second shooting occurred around 8 p.m. near the former Wing Daddy’s on Telshor Boulevard and Sundown Road. Police on Wednesday night described it as a shootout, but provided few other details.

According to an affidavit LCPD Det. Jesse Gonzales filed, the incident began at the Lowe's Home Improvement on North Main Street.

Gonzales wrote in an affidavit that two men, 25-year-old Myles Luciano and 25-year-old Joshua Lopez, tried to shoplift merchandise. Gonzales cited two store employees and a customer who said they watched the two men shoplift an air conditioner unit and then threaten people in the store with a gun.

According to Gonzales, an assistant manager spotted the two men as they tried to leave with an AC unit. Then, an assistant manager and another employee confronted Luciano and Lopez as they attempted to leave.

Luciano then pulled out what Gonzales described as a black handgun and pointed it at the manager and employee before leaving. Gonzales said store security cameras recorded that part of the incident.

Gonzales does not say how Luciano ended up at the Telshor Boulevard and Sundown road intersection, but jail records show that police detained Luciano there.

Luciano is charged with three felony counts of aggravated assault, felony shoplifting, conspiracy to commit a fourth-degree felony and misdemeanor charges of failure to pay fines and failure to appear.

After his arrest, Luciano said the gun was a fake. He told another detective it was a BB gun.

Lopez’s fate is unclear. Gonzales did not say if police also detained Lopez, if he left the area before Luciano was arrested or if Lopez was injured or killed in the shooting.

A witness whose office overlooks Telshor near Wing Daddy’s told the Sun-News she heard the incident. The woman did not want to be named but said she heard a loud crash around 8 p.m. She described it as the sound of metal slamming into metal. As she got up to look out her window to see the impact, she assumed the incident was an innocuous traffic collision. Then, a half-dozen gunshots rang out.

The woman said she ducked for cover. Then, she ran deeper into her office as bullets continued to fly outside. In all, she said the exchange lasted a minute or two.

LCPD Chief Miguel Dominguez will host a news conference at 2 p.m. Thursday at city hall. The conference will be live streamed on the city’s YouTube page and the city’s website.

Justin Garcia is a public safety reporter for the Las Cruces Sun-News. He can be reached at JEGarcia@lcsun-news.com.