Travis Sheckler, 35, was shot and killed at his family home on Vivian Dr. N.E. in Albuquerque on February 26, 2024, after a domestic dispute with his younger brother, 28-year-old Nathan Sheckler. The brothers argued and fought in the presence of their mother; she told detectives Travis grabbed Nathan by the neck and punched him. After the scuffle ended, Nathan followed Travis from a bedroom holding a rifle. The mother reported hearing Nathan tell his brother to leave him alone before a single shot was fired as Travis turned away. Travis, unarmed, stumbled into the laundry room and collapsed.

Nathan initially stayed at his brother’s side and told their mother to call 911, then fled the scene in a gold Buick sedan and later sent a remorseful text to their mother. The mother told homicide detectives Travis had a history of mental illness and had used drugs to self-medicate, and that Travis had previously expressed anger toward Nathan; police had responded to a disturbance at the home two days earlier in which Travis was identified as the aggressor. An arrest warrant was obtained and homicide detectives took Nathan into custody at a motel on University Blvd. N.E.

What details about the brothers’ history or the events at the house might help explain how a family argument turned deadly?