ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police say the gun that was found near Edgar Camacho-Alvarado after he was shot by a U.S. Marshal was reported stolen last year.

Camacho-Alvarado, 23, was shot and killed at an Albuquerque trailer park when U.S. Marshals were trying to find homicide suspect George Bond. Statements from the shooting say Deputy U.S. Marshal Paul Hernandez was being followed while he was trying to find Bond.

According to the the deputy, he addressed Camacho-Alvarado for following him and noticed he was armed. The deputy chased Camacho-Alvarado and later found him at one of the trailers. Police say Camacho-Alvarado raised a weapon at Hernandez. That is when Hernandez fired four times and fatally shot Camacho-Alvarado.

Police say a loaded Ruger handgun was found near Camacho-Alvarado. Officials also later found guns and ammunition in his room.

State Police say further investigation into the weapon revealed that it was stolen from a vehicle in Albuquerque last year.

Camacho-Alvarado’s family says they intend to file a lawsuit for the shooting. They said they will file an intent by the end of the week.

Police say Camacho-Alvarado was a convicted felon and was wanted on a felony warrant.

For the first time since Saturday’s shooting, U.S. Marshal Conrad Candelaria spoke with KRQE News 13 about the incident. He said he could not comment about the investigation, which is being conducted by the New Mexico State Police.

He did explain why the U.S. Marshals were at that trailer park on Central near Unser in the middle of the night.

Bond was a fugitive. He had committed a horrific crime. He was wanted for the crime of homicide,” Candelaria said. “He was a wanted, dangerous individual,” he added.

Body cameras are currently not used by U.S. Marshals.

“As a matter of policy now, the Marshals Service does not apply the use of body cameras. It’s not to say that there’s not any active feasibility study as to whether or not it’s going to applied later,” he said.

Candelaria said considering U.S. Marshals took in almost 1400 fugitives last year in New Mexico, lethal force is rare.

“It does not occur often, but also when you look at it from the standpoint that, what is our focus? Our focus is kind of the worst of the worst. We’re looking for the most dangerous, the most violent, the most career criminal oriented person,” he said.

With Bond now in custody, he said the U.S. Marshals Service is looking for 73 homicide-related suspects in New Mexico.