[E. Pluribus Unum]

He followed the men in his car to try to get their license plate number. They stopped, and Gabaldon got out of his vehicle and approached Sanchez's car. Sanchez told deputies that he shot Gabaldon after Gabaldon broke his car window and hit him several times in the face, according to a criminal complaint.

If the dead guy was beating the shooter when he he was shot, it was self-defense.

Case closed.

[Concho]

You would think but then this is New Mexico, and the result could hinge on many things.