A shooting outside a home in the neighborhood of the El Paso Country Club involved two men who have known each other since junior high school, court documents stated.
Kevin Carl Welch, 60, is accused of popping out of bushes and shooting Peter Alan Rittmann, 59, on the morning of Nov. 23, though no potential motive was revealed in a criminal complaint affidavit filed by an El Paso police detective.
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Welch, who faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was scheduled to have a bond hearing on Monday, Dec. 1, but the hearing was waved. He remains at the El Paso County Jail Annex held on a $750,000 bond.
Kevin Carl Welch was arrested on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge for allegedly shooting a man at a home in the 200 block of Lombardy Avenue in El Paso’s Upper Valley on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025.
Welch denied shooting Rittmann when questioned by police, the affidavit stated. He is being represented by a public defense attorney unnamed in a court listing.
A morning shooting on Lombardy Avenue
It was about 5:30 a.m. on the Sunday morning of Nov. 23 when Rittmann called 911 to report that Welch had shot him outside his home in the 200 block of Lombardy Avenue in the tree-lined El Paso Country Club neighborhood, the affidavit stated.
Rittmann told police officers that Welch came out of some bushes, “shouted something along the lines of ‘you son of a (expletive)'” and opened fire. Rittmann estimated Welch fired about three times, the affidavit stated.
A neighbor’s security camera audio at 5:26 a.m. recorded the sound of four gunshots followed by yelling, a detective stated in the affidavit.
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Detectives reported that Rittmann had suspected life-threatening gunshot wounds to his abdomen plus a gunshot wound to the thumb of his left hand, the affidavit stated. He was taken to University Medical Center of El Paso, where he underwent emergency surgery to save his life.
Rittmann told police that Welch lives about a block away on Vista Grande Circle, the affidavit stated. Rittmann’s siblings later told officers that the men have known each other since junior high school.
Police went to Welch’s home, where he stepped outside and was taken into custody. He denied shooting Rittmann, according to the affidavit. The case was investigated by the Crimes Against Persons Unit.
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
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