Donna woman charged with manslaughter for shooting boyfriend

Miriam Valdez

A Donna woman was charged Monday after she confessed to shooting and killing her boyfriend with a gun she thought was unloaded.

Authorities identified the victim as 20-year-old Damian Bazan.

Miriam Valdez, 21, is charged with manslaughter, the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

At about 3:08 p.m. on Sunday, deputies responded to a residence in the 13000 block of Hermosa Vida Drive in rural Donna in reference to a shooting.

During the investigations, investigators spoke with several family members who stated that Valdez confessed to shooting Bazan.

Valdez admitted to investigators that she shot her boyfriend with a handgun she believed to have been unloaded and “acknowledged aiming it in Damian’s direction when she pulled the trigger.”

“An autopsy determined that the manner of death was a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the head,” the release said.

Valdez has been charged with manslaughter.

She is currently being held in the Hidalgo County Adult Detention Center and is scheduled to receive a bond on Monday afternoon.

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