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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police are searching for the person they say shot and killed his 50-year-old neighbor, leaving him dead in a Southwest Albuquerque street, according to a police spokesman.

Officer Simon Drobik said in an email that police found Tony Morgan, 50, lying dead in the middle of Ivy Place, near Coors and Bridge, around 11 a.m. Sunday.

Drobik said that it was immediately clear that the man was beyond help, and a homicide investigation was started.”

Drobik said witnesses told detectives that they had seen Morgan leaning into Raymond Ortiz’s black Ford Mustang and heard the men arguing. They said they saw Ortiz fire at Morgan, hit him, and then leave the area, Drobik said. Police were in the process Sunday evening of obtaining an arrest warrant.

Drobik said Ortiz should be considered armed and dangerous.