A little after 11 p.m. Sunday Albuquerque police officers shot and killed a man during “some kind of confrontation” at a West Side gas station.

The man was later identified as 27-year-old Keshawn Thomas. Police say a gun was found at the scene.

Police Chief Harold Medina, speaking during an early morning news conference outside the scene, said officers were called for a “down and out” at the Valero Gas Station on Coors and Quail NW at 11:15 p.m.

The officers had been speaking with someone at the nearby intersection so when the call came in they were able to immediately walk over.

“The individual was inside a vehicle,” Medina said. “They thought the individual may be intoxicated and passed out.”

Medina said the officers had Thomas step out of the car and as they were speaking with him he began to smoke a cigarette so they asked him to step away from the gas pumps toward the sidewalk.

“At a point in time the individual did re-enter the vehicle,” Medina said. “Some kind of confrontation occurred between the officer and the individual and multiple officers fired shots.”

Thomas was taken to the hospital, where he died.

Medina said a firearm and magazines that did not belong to officers were found at the scene.