Jesus Deniz, 18, allegedly confessed to the 2013 shooting of rock climber Jose Luis Mosquera near Ten Sleep Canyon, Wyoming, in August during interrogation by the FBI, according to the . He was charged with聽attempted second-degree murder聽on Friday.
鈥淚 shot him. I heard him cry out in pain,鈥 Deniz聽said in an affidavit, as reported in the Northern Wyoming Daily News. According to Diaz, he was looking for money to support a drug addiction.
Mosquera聽was camping with girlfriend Ana Deaconu on September 16, 2013, when the couple heard a noise outside their tent at about 2 a.m.聽Mosquera was shot in the chest when he went to investigate. He was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for his injury and eventually released.聽Originally, police suspected the shooting was a hunting accident,聽.
Deniz was arrested in connection with a double murder in Montana in July, according to the聽Northern Wyoming Daily News.聽When questioned about his involvement with similar crimes, he confessed to the Wyoming shooting.聽Should Deniz receive聽the maximum penalty in Montana, he would face the death penalty.聽