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Michael Pittenger Jr., 32, was shot to death after an argument at a bus stop in the central Las Vegas Valley in the early morning hours of January 28, 2016. Around 12:45 a.m. he and another man were waiting near South Eastern and East Tropicana avenues when a group of three to four young men approached. A verbal dispute escalated, and one member of the group drew a handgun and fired multiple times, striking both victims.

Pittenger was taken to University Medical Center, where he died of a gunshot wound to the chest; the other man was hospitalized in critical condition. Detectives described the assailants as Hispanic males in their late teens to early 20s who fled immediately after the shooting. Reports at the time noted about six shots were fired and gave few other identifying details.

If anyone was at that bus stop that night or has information about the group who approached, contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.