The Brief
- Kissimmee Police have arrested a man accused of firing a gun into the air to celebrate the new year, which struck and killed a woman nearby.
- Carlos Manuel Tejada was arrested and booked into jail on a charge of culpable negligence.
- Carmen Rosa Neira Ochoa was watching fireworks on her back porch, her family said, when a bullet flew through the screen and hit her. She died at the hospital.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Three weeks after a Florida woman was killed on New Year’s Eve by suspected celebratory gunfire, law enforcement in Kissimmee have arrested the person allegedly responsible.
Carlos Manuel Tejada, 44, was arrested on Friday at his house and booked into jail on a charge of manslaughter by culpable negligence in the death of Carmen Rosa Neira Ochoa, who was shot and killed while watching fireworks with her two daughters on her back patio.
What they’re saying:
“What goes up, must come down,” newly-appointed Kissimmee Police Department Chief Robert Anzueto said during a press conference.…