In the winter of 2017, 27-year-old Alyssa Velasco, a Black mother from Las Vegas, Nevada, was shot to death in an apartment on the 900 block of West Washington Avenue. She and 33-year-old Myron Manghum were found dead after officers traced a trail of blood from an injured man, Johnny Brooks, who was located on the 700 block of McWilliams Avenue. The Clark County coroner determined Velasco died from gunshot wounds to the head and neck; Manghum died of a gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators say two men who had been at the residence earlier were allowed back in, and an argument over drugs escalated into the shootings. Velasco’s brother, Brandon Barnes, says he was on the phone with her and heard her scream No, no, no. Within a week police arrested 31-year-old Durwin Allen; another man, Terrell Stewart, was later charged. Brooks initially identified Allen as the shooter but later recanted his identification and said he could not remember the incident, creating a major break in the prosecution’s case.

Anyone who knew Alyssa, was in that neighborhood that night, or has information about the shootings is asked to come forward.