A three-year-old boy, Osiris Grey Rodriquez Herrada, was killed by a gunshot at a Commerce City home on July 16, 2020. The shooting occurred in the afternoon at a residence on the 7800 block of Jasmine Drive. Osiris was found in a bedroom and was pronounced dead at the scene; his two older brothers, ages 12 and 13, were in the house at the time and were not physically harmed. No adults were present when the fatal shot was fired.

Commerce City police described the death as the result of mishandling of a loaded firearm found at the scene. In the months after the killing, Osiris’s father, 32-year-old Jose Manuel Rodriguez, was arrested. In late September 2020 the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office charged Rodriguez with felony negligent child abuse resulting in death and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. It was not made clear who was handling the gun when it discharged.

Does anyone have information about the circumstances that led to the firearm being accessible to the children?