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Hope Ritter was 29 and working a late shift at Atomic Liquors when she drove a patron a few blocks in downtown Las Vegas and parked near the 400 block of 11th Street by Lewis Avenue around 2:30 a.m. on February 15, 2025. While she sat in the car with a passenger, two men walked past; seconds later the passenger told 911 Ritter stopped mid-sentence, slumped over, and was shot in the head. Police and medics found her fatally wounded in the driver’s seat with two bullet holes in the window.

Investigators collected surveillance showing two men moving through the area that night: at a Circle K on East Charleston, then into a Wingstop and Roberto’s Taco Shop, later breaking into a car near East Clark Avenue and South 13th Street about 1:25 a.m., and a Tesla camera recording one man with the imprint of a handgun around 2:00 a.m.

Ritter’s coworkers and regulars described her warmth and the life she was building for her young daughter; Atomic Liquors became a focal point for vigils and a fundraiser. Does anyone who was in downtown Las Vegas that night or who knows these locations have footage or observations that could help fill gaps in the timeline?