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Less than 24 hours after a 21-year-old man was shot and killed during a house party on a quiet cul-de-sac near the bottom of Pat Hurley Park, neighbors say, a large group of people returned to the scene of the crime, spraying the home with bullets.

Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Gilbert Gallegos identified Eduardo Lerma as the man who was shot and killed early Sunday on Vincent NW, near Atrisco and 49th. He did not identify any suspects or say what investigators believe led to the shooting.

Gallegos also did not respond to repeated requests for more information about the shooting the next night.

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However, several neighbors told the Journal about the gunfire. More than 25 bullet holes and evidence markers could be seen on the front of the house Monday.

The series of events started Saturday night when neighbors say they heard what sounded like a loud party. They called 911, and then, a short time later, around 12:45 a.m. called again to say there had been a shooting.

“As officers arrived on scene, they observed a male subject who was suffering from an apparent gunshot wound,” a police spokesman said Sunday. “Life saving measures were attempted, but the victim died on scene.”

Of the large group that had been present during the shooting, police say, a few stayed to be interviewed. It is unclear whether Lerma lived at the home or had been attending the party.

Israel Alvarado, who lives nearby, said his father called him about the homicide investigation and told him not to come home.

Then around 9 p.m. Sunday, hours after homicide detectives and crime scene investigators had packed up and lef, Alvarado said, he saw about 15 trucks, cars and SUVs file down the street and park, blocking driveways. He said several people got out of each vehicle and the cul-de-sac quickly filled up.

“I went inside, didn’t think much of it. They said they were going to do a candlelight vigil for the guy who got shot,” Alvarado said. “I was cool with that until I started hearing fireworks and me and my friend came out and we saw them shooting up their house.”

Alvarado said he doesn’t think the older couple or their granddaughter who live at the home were there at the time, but he said the group didn’t seem to care. He said they drove away, firing into the air.

Police spokesman Gallegos didn’t respond to questions about whether anyone had been arrested for the second shooting or if anyone had been injured.

Alvarado said the whole thing was unsettling for him and his neighbors.

“I’m trying not to be here at night right now,” Alvarado said.