Amanda Gonzales Madrid, 25, was fatally shot on February 27, 2019, outside a Family Dollar near Wyoming and Central in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The shooting followed a verbal altercation between Amanda and another woman, Maiah Madrid-Schleicher, as both were getting into their vehicles; Madrid-Schleicher discharged a firearm from her vehicle and Amanda died at the scene.

Witnesses supplied a license plate number that led to the prompt arrest of 26-year-old Maiah Madrid-Schleicher. Court records show Madrid-Schleicher had prior arrests including battery on an officer and auto burglary. In April 2021 she was found guilty of the charges, and in June 2021 she was sentenced to 14 years in prison for Amanda’s death.

What details about the confrontation or the moments just before the shooting might help explain how the argument escalated to deadly violence?