Incident

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8-20-2023 New Mexico Roswell 1-1

Location

August 20, 2023

3000 block of W 8th St
Roswell, New Mexico

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 10
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Death
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child picked up & fired gun
Child killed by child

Notes

8yo and 12yo boys playing with gun, unclear which fired shot; sister of 8yo fatally shot; father Phillip Ray Jaramillo, 32, charged tampering and negligence

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/state-regional/10-year-old-girl-shot-killed-in-roswell-authorities-say/

URL: https://www.facebook.com/RoswellPoliceSS/posts/674946908008692

URL: https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/father-arrested-for-firearm-negligence-in-connection-to-daughters-death/

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 33
State House District: 59