Daniel Bustos, 34, was killed on June 17, 2021, after a violent confrontation in the parking lot of a Travelodge just south of the Coors and I-40 interchange in northwest Albuquerque. Authorities say 22-year-old Xavier Marquez fired 14 shots in Bustos’s direction and struck him once in the leg. Bustos was taken to Lovelace Hospital and later transferred to the University of New Mexico Hospital, but died en route.

The Albuquerque Police Department Homicide Unit identified and arrested Marquez. He has been charged with murder, tampering with evidence, and shooting at an occupied building.

If anyone witnessed the June 17, 2021 confrontation or has information about Bustos’s final movements that evening, please share tips with the investigation.