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Case Description
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On New Year's Eve of 2013, a gathering of friends in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, took a tragic turn, ending the life of 22-year-old Hispanic male Carlos Rueda. The night's festivities were shattered by the sound of a single gunshot, which would be the final sound Rueda ever heard. The person holding the gun was his friend, 20-year-old Ryan Wathen.

The tragic incident unfolded at a party on Evelyn Drive NE. According to Wathen's account to the police, Rueda had handed him a pistol. Rueda assur ...Read More
Victim Details

Carlos Rueda

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Rio Rancho

NM

2013-12-31

22

Carlos

Rueda

12/31/2025