Five-year-old Layla Ramos died on the evening of June 3, 2025, after being shot at her father’s home near 7th Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Phoenix. Her father, 33-year-old Irvin Ramos-Jimenez, was outside when he heard the shot, went inside and initially told police his daughter had been stabbed. He then attempted to take her to a nearby behavioral hospital but fled the scene when he saw an ambulance there, reportedly because other children remained at the house with the unsecured firearm. Layla was later taken to a trauma center and died of her injuries.

Ramos-Jimenez was arrested and charged with possessing a weapon as a prohibited person; prosecutors say an assault rifle had been stored in a child’s bedroom. He was released on his own recognizance with conditions barring contact with witnesses, including relatives. Layla’s mother, Dolores Ramirez, and her uncle, Jose Ramos, described her as gentle and beloved; the family has a GoFundMe for funeral expenses and plans burial in a site for babies and children.

Does anyone have information about the storage of the firearm in that home or witnessed events that evening?