Cory Charles Gillett, 49, was fatally shot in Carlsbad, New Mexico, in the early morning hours of July 24, 2026. Officers responded to a report of a shooting about 5:00 a.m. in the area of the 2300 block of Missouri Avenue and found Gillett suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to Carlsbad Medical Center but died of his injuries.

Carlsbad police treated the death as an active homicide investigation and detectives pursued multiple leads. Authorities did not publicly describe what led to the gunfire, whether Gillett knew the shooter, whether the shooting followed an argument, robbery, or other event, or provide a suspect description or weapon details. In the days after the killing, investigators had not announced an arrest or named a person of interest.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Detective Parker Johnson or the Carlsbad Police Department; did anyone in the area see or hear anything that morning?