The Arroyo Hondo man accused of killing a man on Christmas morning is being held without bond.

Charles Suskiewich, 19, is charged with murder, tampering with evidence and possession of a stolen firearm for shooting 21-year-old Dylan Breternitz several times in the stomach.

Breternitz died of his injuries a few hours later after being airlifted to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center.

Suskiewich was arrested about an hour after the shooting in his Arroyo Hondo home.

According to the probable cause statement made public Tuesday in Taos Magistrate Court, Breternitz' girlfriend told police the couple was sleeping when Breternitz woke her and told her to hide in the bathroom because Suskiewich was "freaking out."

The woman then told police she heard Breternitz speaking to someone, followed quickly by gunfire and the sound of Breternitz falling against the bathroom door. She said she then opened the door and called 911 from Breternitz' cellphone.

According to police documents, Suskiewich's girlfriend also called police about his alleged intentions. In her statement, Suskiewich's girlfriend told police that Suskiewich showed up at her window around 2:30 a.m. Christmas Day "ranting about his demons and my demons" while going for a relative's shotgun that was in the bedroom.

The woman told police that Suskiewich was threatening suicide, demanding to know if she had an affair with Breternitz and refusing to move until she said if she loved him.

When she admitted she had slept with Breternitz, the woman told police, Suskiewich began hitting himself with the rifle and trying to choke her. The girl's family came in on the fight and quickly called police as Suskiewich fled.

The woman said in her statement that shortly after he left, Suskiewich called her on her cellphone, saying, "Your new boyfriend's dead because of you," and "When Dylan didn't answer, I knew he was telling the truth."

Magistrate court does not accept pleas in felony cases on arraignment, so Suskiewich will have to wait to plea until he is indicted in the 8th Judicial District Court and arraigned again to enter a plea in the case.