Alfonso Aguilar, a 61-year-old Hispanic/Latino man from Albuquerque who enjoyed the outdoors and fishing, died after being shot during a violent carjacking on the Fourth of July, 2023. Shortly before 5 p.m., Aguilar was sitting in his truck in the parking lot of the Luxury Inn on Central Avenue S.E. when a man asked him for cigarettes. After Aguilar said no, the man pulled out a gun and ordered him out. Two other people, a man and a woman, then entered the truck and as they attempted to drive away Aguilar grabbed the driver’s door and was shot once in the chest.

First responders transported Aguilar to a local hospital, and he was able to speak briefly with detectives. He died from his wound four days later, on July 8, 2023. Officers located Aguilar’s stolen truck outside a North Valley home on July 7, 2023, and the case was handled by the Albuquerque Police Department’s Homicide Unit.

Are there anyone who knew Alfonso or who was in the Central Avenue area that afternoon who can share what they remember?