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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A dispute over a restaurant parking space led a man to pull a gun on a couple and little girl in southwest Albuquerque on Thursday, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court.

David Fajardo, 31, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and child abuse with no death or great bodily harm.

Police say Fajardo threatened three people — including a 7-year-old — with an automatic pistol over a parking space at El Modelo restaurant near Second and Bridge SW.

An officer responded to the aggravated assault call at the restaurant, where a man told police he had been threatened while trying to park his car.

The victim told police Fajardo pulled out a pistol, cocked it, and pointed it at the victim, his girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter.

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Police say Fajardo threatened to “shoot all of them” and the victim told Fajardo he could have the parking space “because it was not worth getting shot over,” according to the complaint.

The victim told police Fajado then “used gang signs,” hinted that he was a gang member, took photos of the victim’s car and told him that his cousin “works at (the Metropolitan Detention Center) and would kill them.”

Through police databases, officers determined that the truck Fajardo drove at the time belonged to his mother. However, Fajardo turned himself in to the main police station within 30 minutes.

During questioning, Fajardo admitted he was in a dispute over a parking space but denied pulling out a gun or making threats before requesting a lawyer, the complaint states.