In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 21, 2017, 49-year-old Tomas Nunez Rodriguez was shot inside his home on the 300 block of Montclair Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head, was taken to Carlsbad Medical Center, and was pronounced dead.

Investigators focused on someone close to the family. Information gathered by the Carlsbad Police Department led to Tomas Rodriguez’s son, Isack Rodriguez, who was 21 at the time; he was taken into custody and arrested on charges that included murder and tampering with evidence and held at the Eddy County Detention Center.

Tomas Rodriguez, born December 5, 1967, in Artesia, had lived in Carlsbad most of his life, graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1987, worked as a CDL driver, and enjoyed camping and time with family and animals.

Did anyone in Carlsbad know Tomas or have information about what happened that night?