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A man is dead and his mother's companion is in jail after a family argument ended in gunfire early Sunday in Salt Lake City.
Police said Nathan Valdez, 25, brandished a shotgun and confronted his mother's companion, David T. Smith, about 2 a.m. after learning Smith had kicked his mother out of the apartment the couple shared at 746 N. Irving.
Wielding a handgun, Smith allowed Valdez into the apartment, where the two argued until Valdez pointed the shotgun at Smith, police said. Smith then fired one shot from a handgun into Valdez's chest.
Valdez died at LDS Hospital.
Smith, 48, is jailed on a charge of criminal homicide, police said.
