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Michael K. Evans, 24, a security guard from Artesia, New Mexico, was fatally shot on January 29, 2012. Surveillance from the Yates Petroleum Building and eyewitnesses show a man approach Evans’ Dodge pickup, fire a handgun at the left side of his head — described as a revolver loaded with a .410 shotgun shell — then run westbound down an alley. Evans’ truck later crashed into a post; officers found him with a gunshot wound to the head and an injury to his left arm.

The investigation identified 24-year-old Bobby Smith of Artesia as the suspect. Neighbors and witnesses described clothing that matched the surveillance footage: blue jeans and a green sweater, with a bandanna covering the face in the video and a black bandanna seen by a witness. A witness named Parada saw Smith walking away from his apartment that evening, and Marcos Herrera reported Smith had made a threatening remark earlier that night.

During a search of Smith’s apartment on January 31, investigators recovered clothing matching the footage and a chrome Taurus Judge revolver hidden in the bedroom ceiling; its serial number matched a firearm reported stolen months earlier. Smith was arrested on an outstanding warrant the day after the shooting. Does anyone have additional information about Evans’ movements that night or saw the pickup after the shooting?