ROSWELL — A Roswell man was arrested on charges of murder Friday following a shooting at an apartment complex in the southwest part of the city. Paul Ybarra-Romero, 40, stands charged with first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault upon a household member, and three counts of child abuse in connection with the shooting death of 26-year-old Christopher Bargas. Roswell Police Department (RPD) officers were dispatched around 11:30 p.m. Friday to the Valle Encantada Apartments in the 2000 block of South Sunset Avenue in response to the shooting. There, they found Bargas unresponsive inside an apartment with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was transported by EMS to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.

Ybarra-Romero was found standing in the complex’s parking lot with a gun on the ground nearby. He was taken into custody while an investigation was conducted by the RPD’s Criminal Investigations Division.

Investigators believe Ybarra-Romero came to the apartment because he was upset that his ex-girlfriend was in a relationship with Bargas. Police believe he entered the apartment without permission and shot Bargas in front of the woman and her three children.

Ybarra-Romero was booked into the Chaves County Detention Center around 6 a.m. Saturday.