Dominic Lueras was fatally shot on March 19, 2021, during an early-morning confrontation at the Sun Pointe Park apartment complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A criminal complaint and surveillance video show Lueras, 40, and 24-year-old Manuel Vargas agreed to fight; both were armed. Video captures Lueras approaching Vargas with a gun and being shot during that encounter. Vargas was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Lueras’s death.

Lueras was born August 26, 1981. His obituary lists survivors including his mother Angel, father Daniel, stepfather Rito, and sisters Aja-Marie, Holly-Ann, and Laci; he was preceded in death by his grandfather Billy. The police investigation described the shooting as arising from a mutual agreement to fight between the two men.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation at Sun Pointe Park that morning or has information about what led up to it, please share what is known.