Andrew Flores, 19, was found dead near Los Picaros Road and Dragway Road S.E. in Albuquerque on September 10, 2024. Officers say the body had a single gunshot wound to the head; the incident reportedly began just before midnight on September 9 during an off-roading outing near Bobby Foster Trail and Picaros Road.

Police records state that 24-year-old Andrew Johns called to report a fight with Flores, saying Flores hit him with a plastic pole and then taunted him after Johns retrieved a gun from his truck. Johns first told officers he fired a warning shot and left, but detectives later linked the call to the body found the next morning. Johns’s rifle was seized because of a restraining order prohibiting his possession of firearms.

Johns was initially released on his own recognizance on charges from the first arrest and was later re-arrested and booked on an open count of murder in connection with Flores’s death. What additional witnesses or evidence can help clarify how the encounter escalated to a fatal shooting?