Jesus Olivas, 21, was killed on the evening of December 31, 2025, during a New Year’s Eve gathering at a home on Santa Cruz Road in Monterey Park, New Mexico. According to investigators, Olivas and a friend were joined by 21-year-old Angel Ramos of El Cerro Mission; the three were drinking and listening to music. The friend says he looked down at his phone to change a song and then heard a single, loud pop. When he looked up he saw Olivas had been shot.

Olivas stumbled out of the house with a gunshot wound to the chest. Ramos followed and, while on the phone with 911, began CPR; the other friend later continued life-saving efforts until emergency personnel arrived. Olivas was pronounced dead at the scene. Ramos told law enforcement he had recently purchased the pistol, was not familiar with it, and initially thought the wound was only a graze; investigators charged him with first-degree murder. Ramos was booked into the Valencia County Detention Center on January 1, 2026, on a no-bond hold.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who were in the area that night and can add detail about what happened before the shot was fired?