Roman Chavez, 49, was killed after a street confrontation on the evening of Sunday, August 31, 2025, in the 400 block of West 16th Street in Roswell, New Mexico. Police say an argument began when neighbor Willie Fuentes arrived on a bicycle to visit a relative; Chavez allegedly knocked over the bicycle, Fuentes stepped outside and fired a shot that missed, and Chavez then retrieved a firearm. The two men exchanged gunfire and Chavez was struck in the torso. Responding officers found him unresponsive; he later died of his injuries. Fuentes, 62, remained at the scene and was taken into custody and booked on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. Public memorial listings and a community crime-victim registry record Chavez’s death, demographics, date and location, and describe the dispute preceding the shooting.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the argument or the exchange of gunfire that night?