Suspect arrested in shooting

Boise police arrested a man in connection with a Sept. 3 shooting outside a college party that put a Liberty Lake teen in the hospital for two weeks.

Juan Manuel Rios, 24, has been charged with three counts of aggravated battery, two counts of robbery and two felony weapons charges, Boise police announced Tuesday. Investigators believe the Boise resident shot Austin Askins, 19, and two other Northwest Lineman College students before robbing them.

The arrest followed six weeks of investigation, during which detectives got more than 60 tips from community members after they released a composite sketch of the suspect, according to a police news release. Rios is in Ada County Jail on $2 million bail.

Askins said Tuesday that he would like to thank Boise police and news media, but he had no further comment.

The Central Valley High School graduate is back at his parents’ home in Liberty Lake after being shot in the mouth and faces numerous surgeries.