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Tyler East, top , pounds on Prince McLean of Cincinnati in the Heavyweight 265 lbs. match during the MMA Fight Pit Genesis on Aug.13, 2011. East was shot dead during a domestic incident on Monday. (Journal File)
Tyler East, a talented but tormented wrestler and MMA fighter, was shot and killed Monday evening in his hometown of Los Lunas, police said. He was 30.
According to a New Mexico State Police news release, East died as the result of a domestic dispute. He was shot, police said, by a man who had witnessed him having shot East’s girlfriend. East was dragging the woman out of a Los Lunas residence, according to the report, when he was shot.