A confrontation between two city utility workers ended in a deadly shooting at a busy Santa Fe intersection. On March 7, 2022, Christopher Vigil, a 40-year-old Hispanic meter reader, was driving a gold Chevy Blazer westbound on Saint Michaels Drive at about 5:00 p.m. Another city employee, 31-year-old Karl Rougemont, was driving a black Dodge Charger in the same direction. Both vehicles stopped, the men exited, and a physical altercation in the street followed.

Rougemont produced a firearm and shot Vigil at least once. Vigil was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead; an autopsy reported five gunshot wounds to the abdomen. The two men worked together in the City of Santa Fe utility department, and union officials say documented complaints between them had persisted for more than a year. Rougemont was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, negligent use of a deadly weapon and unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon, then released to house arrest with a location-monitoring ankle bracelet while awaiting trial. The state police investigations bureau is continuing to probe the sequence of events.