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On April 5, 2017, 25-year-old Joseph T. Burgess was found dead of a gunshot wound at a residence on the 4200 block of Quay Road 65 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. New Mexico State Police secured the scene and blocked the road for about seven hours while they processed the location and collected evidence.

An arrest was made at the scene: 25-year-old Tucumcari resident John T. Coston was taken into custody and booked into the Quay County Detention Center. He was charged with an open count of murder and tampering with evidence; the tampering count indicates investigators believed there was an attempt to conceal involvement in the shooting. Motive has not been publicly detailed.

Does anyone have information about Burgess, Coston, or events leading up to the April 5 shooting that could help clarify what happened?