Mother of four killed in Durham shooting

Durham police are investigating a homicide that happened early Saturday morning in the 1000 block of Capstone Drive.
Posted 12/26/2020, 11:54:00 PM Updated 12/27/2020, 4:47:42 AM

>> GOOD EVENING TO YOU, I'M

MARK BOYLE.

JULIAN GRACE IS OFF TONIGHT.

NEW TONIGHT, DURHAM POLICE

NAMED A SUSPECT STILL NOT IN

CUSTODY WHO THEY SAY IS

RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING A

MOTHER OF FOUR.

OFFICERS SAY JORGE GOMEZ IS

DRIVING THIS TRUCK ON YOUR

SCREEN WITH NORTH CAROLINA

LICENSE PLATE HEW3881.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN A HOME

ON CAPSTONE DRIVE AROUND 2:00

THIS MORNING.

THAT'S OFF OF SCOTT KING ROAD

IN SOUTH DURHAM.

WRAL'S JOE FISHER HAS REACTION

FROM THE VICTIM'S SISTER.

>> Reporter: 28-YEAR-OLD

JESSICA CORTEZ LUNA WAS SHOT

AND COUPLED INSIDE A HOME ON

CAPSTONE DRIVE IN DURHAM.

KILLED.

FAMILY MEMBERS SAY HER SEVEN-

YEAR-OLD SON WATCHED AS HER

BOYFRIEND JORGE GOMEZ PULLED

THE TRIGGER WITH OTHER MEMBERS

OF THE FAMILY SLEEPING IN OTHER

ROOMS.

>> WE JUST WANT HIM TO TURN

HIMSELF IN.

>> Reporter: MARIA CORTEZ LUNA

SAYS HER SISTER AND GOMEZ LIVE

IN TAMPA, FLORIDA AND WERE

VISITING FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

SHE LAST SAW HER SISTER AROUND

6:00 CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

JESSICA SEEMED FINE, SHE SAID.

BUT GOMEZ SEEMED DRUNK.

>> REALLY BROKEN.

WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN

ONE DAY.

BUT, TO KEEP ONGOING BACK TO

HIM.

>> Reporter: POLICE SAID GOMEZ

LEFT LUNA FOR DEAD AND TOOK OFF

IN HIS 2016 CHEVY SILVERADO.

MARIE SAYS HER SISTER SUFFERED

FIVE YEARS OF PHYSICAL AND

VERBAL ABUSE.

SHE ENCOURAGED JESSICA TO CALL

POLICE IN THE PAST BUT SHE

NEVER DID.

>> I WANT TO LET OTHER PEOPLE

KNOW, SAY SOMETHING IF YOU ARE

A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

BEFORE THIS HAPPENS.

NOBODY WANTS FOR THIS TO

HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: JESSICA LEAVES

BEHIND FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN

INCLUDING A SEVEN MONTH OLD

BABY GIRL.

A HOLIDAY TRAGEDY AS POLICE

CONTINUE WORKING TO MAKE AN

ARREST.

>> I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE

MORE.

>> Reporter: I'M JOE FISHER,