ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies say a 23-year-old man has died after being shot west of Albuquerque.
He was identified as Virgil Begay.
Deputies responded to a call to Interstate 40 west of Albuquerque early Sunday and found the man dead in a car.
Sheriff's detective Lawrence Koren says Begay and three other people were at a bonfire party Saturday night and that an altercation with other partygoers escalated into gunfire.
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