Incident
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3-01-2021 New Mexico Taos 1-1
Location
March 01, 2021
Salazar RdTaos, New Mexico
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Alonzo "Rocky" Martínez
- Age: 62
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Relationship: Family
- Name: Jonah Martínez
- Age: 19
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed, Arrested
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Accidental Shooting
- Accidental Shooting - Death
- Accidental/Negligent Discharge
- Thought gun was unloaded
- Playing with gun
Notes
On way to target practice; grandson shot grandfather while manipulating Ruger handgun believed to be unloaded.
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Handgun
Sources
District
Congressional District: 3State Senate District: 6
State House District: 42