Nico Taylor, 30, was shot and killed outside an apartment at the Volcanes Commons complex on Glenrio Road NW in Albuquerque on the night of July 19, 2026. Neighbors and police say Taylor and 30-year-old Markel Pinto, who lived in the same complex, had spent time together that evening and went to buy marijuana before an argument about Native American culture escalated into violence.

Officers arriving at about 11:30 p.m. found Taylor on the ground with a gunshot wound to the torso; he died at the scene despite officers’ aid. Detectives recovered surveillance video from a neighbor that shows Pinto walking aggressively with a handgun and yelling toward where Taylor’s body was found. The next day Pinto turned himself in, admitted involvement, and told detectives he acted in self-defense while also saying Taylor was unarmed. Investigators later found the handgun in Pinto’s apartment; Pinto was arrested and charged with open-count murder and tampering with evidence.

Are there neighbors or witnesses who remember the men that night or who can add details about what happened in the hours before the shooting?