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Maria Isabel Cervantes was 19 and from Lubbock, Texas when she died on June 7, 2019. She was fatally shot inside a home on the 1600 block of 58th Street. The shooting occurred after her 19-year-old boyfriend, Detren Ward, mishandled a loaded gun and accidentally shot her in the head.

Ward was present at the scene, threw the gun over a fence into a neighbor’s yard, and was later arrested and charged with manslaughter. Court proceedings showed no evidence he intended to harm Cervantes; he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Cervantes left behind a 2-year-old daughter, and family and friends remembered her as sweet, loving, and dedicated to her child.

What information do readers have about the circumstances in that home or contacts who might remember the events surrounding June 7, 2019?