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On July 18, 2022, a dispute at an Albuquerque apartment complex at 6000 Topke Pl. N.E. ended with the shooting death of 44-year-old Raul Gallegos. The chain of events began that afternoon when Daysha Aragon returned to her unit and found a teenage boy with several girls; her boyfriend, 25-year-old Michael Anthony Koester, intervened and removed the teen, who later called his family claiming he was being battered. That call brought Raul Gallegos and his wife to the complex, and a large fight broke out in the parking lot.

During the brawl Koester and Raul Gallegos struggled physically; prosecutors later said Aragon, who had a handgun, began to suffer a seizure and fell, after which Koester took the gun. A cellphone video shows Gallegos retreating toward his vehicle as Koester points the firearm and then fires three times, striking Gallegos twice. Gallegos was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries. Koester was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

Is there anyone who saw the parking lot fight or the moments before the shooting who can help clarify what happened?