On the evening of May 26, 2018, 28-year-old Ross Romero, a Hispanic corrections officer and father of two, was shot and killed in Albuquerque after stopping to help a friend with a flat tire near the I-25 and Jefferson Street interchange. One of those individuals, later identified as Adrian Armstrong, allegedly used brass knuckles against Romero’s friend, causing serious injuries.

Romero went to his vehicle to retrieve a firearm during the melee. At that moment someone from the arriving party fired a shot that fatally wounded him. Armstrong was later arrested and charged with aggravated battery for the attack on Romero’s friend but was not charged in Romero’s shooting; investigators did not identify him as the shooter. The person who fired the fatal shot remains unidentified and no further arrests have been announced.

If anyone was near I-25 and Jefferson Street that night or has information about who fired the shot, please come forward with what was seen or heard.