Fifteen-year-old Jason Jay Diaz of El Paso died on February 20, 2018, after being shot in the chest at his family home on Dale Road. Jay had been a cancer survivor who recently entered remission from B-cell lymphoma and was remembered as a happy child who loved his family, reading, and football.

The shooting occurred while Jason’s stepfather, Miguel Angel Herrera-Chico, was attempting to clear a malfunction in a shotgun. Herrera-Chico was charged with manslaughter, taken into custody, and held on a $50,000 bond. The death devastated the family and drew attention to the dangers of mishandling firearms.

Does anyone who knew Jason or the family around that time have information that could shed more light on what happened that day?