On November 7, 2019, 36-year-old Jahmall Burge of Clovis, New Mexico, was fatally shot in the kitchen of a North Lea Street home at about 6:45 p.m. Burge had been called to the residence by his caregiver of 10 years, Mary Jane Ramirez. Johnny Rae Vigil, who had known Ramirez for about 11 years, was also at the house when Burge arrived. Burge brought a Springfield 9mm handgun into the kitchen with permission and set it on the table.

About an hour after everyone arrived, a confrontation occurred. Ramirez reported hearing four gunshots after Burge told someone to put that down, and she saw Burge fall. She then went to the bathroom and closed the door. Police found Burge with multiple gunshot wounds and located his Springfield 9mm near his body. Vigil was arrested the next morning at about 7 a.m. and held on a murder charge.

Vigil had prior convictions including battery against a household member, multiple probation violations, and resisting or obstructing an officer, and had been released from the county jail earlier that same day. If anyone knew Burge, Ramirez, or Vigil and has information about what happened that evening, please share what is known.