Rosalinda Martinez was an 8-month-old Hispanic baby from San Antonio, Texas, who died after being struck by a bullet on the evening of April 12, 2023. She was born July 25, 2022, and was known to family as Pumpkin and Railyn. Her parents were 21-year-old Ruby Marie Mora and 20-year-old Alejandro Dominic Martinez.

A family member brought Rosalinda outside during the argument and handed her to Mora. As Martinez got into his car, Mora reached into the vehicle to retrieve the gun; a physical struggle over the firearm followed. The weapon discharged, a single bullet struck Mora’s hand and then passed through to hit Rosalinda in the torso. Family members drove them to a nearby hospital, where Rosalinda later died; Mora survived and was treated for her wound. Martinez fled the scene after the shooting.

Both parents were arrested in the weeks following the shooting. Ruby Mora was arrested April 18, 2023; Alejandro Martinez was apprehended May 7, 2023, at a motel. At the time of the shooting, Martinez was out on bond on a prior charge of assaulting a pregnant person and was under a court order not to possess firearms or have contact with Mora. Both were charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Does anyone have information about the events at Merida Apartments that night or knew Rosalinda’s family?