Albuquerque police identified a former member of the Aryan Brotherhood as the man fatally shot by officers during a confrontation Sunday.

Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said 58-year-old Benjamin Raymond had a gun and was wrestling with officers before being shot in Northeast Albuquerque. He said the investigation is ongoing into whether Raymond fired his weapon during the encounter.

Raymond, who went by the moniker "Big Ben," was sentenced in 2011 to more than 12 years in prison in a racketeering case.

In a plea deal, Raymond admitted to ordering the murder of a fellow Aryan Brotherhood member in 2002 to keep him from discussing a separate murder Raymond was also involved in.

Raymond was released from federal prison in 2022, according to court records. In June 2023, Raymond sought to be taken off supervised release, saying he was working two jobs, at the convention center and as a bartender at Buca di Beppo, had two children and was planning to buy a home with his wife.

Court records show a federal judge granted Raymond early release the following month, despite prosecutors arguing against it, saying he "has not earned the right to be taken off supervision."

"To do otherwise might not be rewarding him; it might be setting him up for failure by terminating supervision prematurely," according to court records.

Court records show that by November 2023, Raymond was getting a divorce. In December, a complaint was filed to have Raymond evicted from the home he was living in, with the landlord saying he was "no longer welcome."

Shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to the home in the 11600 block of Mountain NE, near Juan Tabo and Lomas, after reports of domestic violence, according to APD. Police tried to detain Raymond in the driveway, and he tried to run before officers tackled him.

Over the next couple of minutes, APD Chief Harold Medina said, police were in a "wrestling match for their (lives)" with Raymond, who had a gun in one hand. Medina said Raymond was telling officers "don't make me do this" and to "just go ahead and kill (me)."

On Wednesday, Gallegos said in a release that police were trying to handcuff Raymond "when officers fired shots, killing him."