Jerry Michael Trejo, a 33-year-old Hispanic man, was killed on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The shooting took place just after 2 p.m. near the Wells Park Community Center on Mountain Road; officers responding to a disturbance call found Trejo dead at the scene after witnesses reported hearing gunshots.

An attentive witness who saw a man standing over Trejo before getting into a car managed to photograph the vehicle’s license plate. Detectives traced that plate to a rental car and identified the renter. Investigators charged 19-year-old Damian Hidalgo with an open count of homicide and questioned him about the encounter. Hidalgo told detectives he had arranged to meet Trejo at the community center to buy marijuana and that Trejo pulled a knife, demanded his wallet, then took the wallet. Hidalgo said he then shot Trejo twice after an alleged knife threat; Trejo died at the scene.

If anyone was at Wells Park that afternoon or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please share what is known.