Daniel Malamaola Salazar, 35, was shot and killed in Albuquerque on June 30, 2019. He was a father of six with another child expected, and the shooting reportedly followed a neighborhood dispute over a barking dog.

Police say the confrontation involved Salazar and his neighbor, Christopher Tabor. Investigators allege Tabor took a covered position in his backyard and, from behind his fence, shot Salazar near Second Street and Candelaria. Tabor was arrested and charged with murder; jury selection for the case began in October 2021.

The circumstances described raise questions about how a routine neighborhood argument escalated so rapidly and why the encounter turned deadly. Anyone who witnessed the dispute or who knew Salazar and his activities in that neighborhood is asked to share what they know.