In the late hours of a summer evening in Jerome, Idaho, a a 24-year-old Hispanic man named Jonathan Bonilla-Carvajal was fatally shot on August 14, 2020. The incident unfolded around 11 p.m. in the driveway of a residence at 811 W. Main St. When officers from the Jerome Police Department arrived at the scene, they discovered Bonilla-Carvajal gravely wounded. He was immediately transported to St.
Luke's Jerome Medical Center, but tragically succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
The investigation into the shooting quickly led authorities to a suspect. Witnesses at the scene were able to provide a description of the alleged shooter and the vehicle he fled in. A short time after the incident, a Jerome County Sheriff's deputy spotted a vehicle matching the description and initiated a traffic stop. The driver, identified as Nery Amilcar Calderon-Hernandez, was taken into custody without incident. The Jerome Police Department's Investigations division was called in and worked through the night, processing the crime scene and interviewing witnesses.
Subsequent to his arrest, Nery Amilcar Calderon-Hernandez was charged with the first-degree murder of Jonathan Bonilla-Carvajal. An autopsy confirmed that Bonilla-Carvajal died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. The motive behind the shooting has not been publicly disclosed in the available information. Calderon-Hernandez was arraigned in Jerome County Magistrate Court and formally charged with the murder, marking a swift arrest in a case that ended a young man's life.
