Police Need Your Help Solving Amarillo’s First Homicide of 2022

The Amarillo Police Department has reported another shooting resulting in death.  This is Amarillo's first homicide of 2022.

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On Tuesday, January 25th, Amarillo 911 received a call and a hang up.  The call came from the area of the corner of 9th and Buchanan Street,  After reaching the location a female told the police that her boyfriend had been shot, but she didn't know the address of where it occurred.

The officers followed the female to a residence in the neighborhood near 7th and  north Williams Street.  When they arrived at the residence they found Jeremie Ray Gomez, 36-year-old male, dead from a gunshot wound.

As of this time, the Amarillo Police Department do not have any suspects on the shooting.

If you have any information on a possible suspect or suspects call the Amarillo Police Homicide Unit at 806-378-9468.  You can also contact Amarillo Crime Stoppers and leave an anonymously at 806-374-4400 or online at amapolice.org.  You can also leave a tip on the ACS P3 app.

Twenty-seven homicides happened in Amarillo in 2021.  Twenty-six of those homicides were shootings.  So far this year Amarillo has seen at least 3 shootings, and now the first death.

The most recent shooting before the January 25th homicide took place on Monday, January 24th, at a local gaming establishment on Amarillo Blvd.  John Arnold Ramzy, 38-year-old male was arrested for two accounts of Aggravated Assualt with a Deadly Weapon and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon.  Ramzy is suspected of shooting a 48-year-old man multiple times and pointing the gun at a female.   He is currently in the Potter County Detention Center.