On the night of August 2, 2015, Joel Sanchez, a 31-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot in an alley in the 4600 block of Twain Avenue in central Las Vegas. At about 10:20 p.m. Sanchez and a companion were walking when gunfire erupted. Sanchez was found with fatal gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene; the companion was also shot and taken to University Medical Center with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

Investigators initially described the shooter as a Hispanic male in his 40s who fled in an older blue Ford or Chevrolet pickup. A few days later the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department identified 55-year-old Carlos Aviles as wanted for Sanchez’s murder and issued a warrant charging murder with a deadly weapon, stating he had fled in a 1994 blue or teal Ford F-150. The motive for the shooting has not been disclosed.

If anyone has information about that night, the alley, the vehicles, or the people involved, please share what you know with investigators.