By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 30, 2017

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A 20-year-old man fatally shot his father in Albuquerque during an argument before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says Carlos Velasquez shot 57-year-old Joseph Garcia in the abdomen during the argument Sunday night.

Garcia later died at a hospital.



Investigators say Velasquez left in a vehicle before sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene.

He was later found dead inside the vehicle on Interstate 40.

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