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The Torrance County Sheriff helped chased down a murder suspect who was only wearing underwear and moments earlier, the sheriff said, had shot two men outside of a Moriarty strip club early Saturday morning.

One of the men was killed and the other is expected to survive, Sheriff Heath White said.

Morgan Dunkle of Moriarty was arrested on suspicion of murder.

The sheriff’s office was called to the Club 203 shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday when shots were reported. White said he was responding when he saw Dunkle’s vehicle driving on Interstate 40. The sheriff pursued the suspect, who crashed near a nearby DWI memorial.

Dunkle fled his vehicle and continued to run from the sheriff, stripping as he ran. He was quickly arrested in his underwear by deputies.

“He started to remove his clothing,” White said. “I couldn’t say why.”

White said Dunkle shot the two victims in the strip club parking lot. The men had gotten into a fight in the topless club, and the fight spilled into the parking lot where the shooting took place.

White said deputies have identified the two men who were shot, who are from Moriarty. They are not releasing their identities because not all of their family members have been notified.

The strip club, on its Facebook page, posted a picture of the two men and said it was a somber day for the club. Club 203 did not open Saturday, out of respect, but it will be accepting donations for the dead man’s family when it reopens, according to its Facebook page.