On the night of September 9, 2024, 39-year-old Natalie Ramos-Rodriguez was found in a bedroom near 24th and Pierce Streets, just south of Mitchell Park in Milwaukee, with a catastrophic gunshot wound to her head. First responders pronounced her dead at 10:50 p.m. A gun was found next to her on the bed and a spent casing was recovered on a dresser; a magazine was located near the bedroom door.

Police arrested 29-year-old Jayson Rivera-Montalvo, identified as Ramos-Rodriguez’s boyfriend, and charged him with second-degree reckless homicide and use of a dangerous weapon. Rivera-Montalvo told detectives the shooting was an accident, saying a gun fell and discharged while he shook the blankets, and that he fled afterward. Witnesses and investigators reported evidence that contradicted that account, and detectives said it was more consistent with Rivera-Montalvo having removed the magazine, believed the chamber empty, then fired with the weapon pointed at Ramos-Rodriguez’s head. Witnesses also said Rivera-Montalvo had recently bought the gun off the street and had been handling it irresponsibly.

Natalie Ramos-Rodriguez is survived by four children. Did anyone in the area see movement at the house that night or have information about the gun being bought off the street?