Tyler EastÂ
Former MMA fighter
Tyler East, 30, was shot and killed by an unknown man after East shot his own girlfriend, according to a press release issued by the New Mexico State Police Tuesday afternoon.
Valencia County sheriffâs deputies were dispatched to a domestic violence call at about 5 p.m., Monday, April 5, to a home in the 4200 block of N.M. 314. When deputies arrived, they found a woman with a gunshot wound and East dead on the property.
New Mexico State Police were called in by the Valencia County Sheriffâs Office to investigate the homicide.
State police agents learned East and his girlfriend were fighting, and during the dispute, East brandished a gun, shot his girlfriend, then drug her out of the mobile home.
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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.
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