Monty Ramond Culverson, a 42-year-old Black man, was found dead just after 1 a.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2014, behind a residence near the crossroads of Martin Luther King and Lake Mead boulevards in northwest Las Vegas. Police first responded to the 1300 block of Hassell Avenue around midnight after reports of gunfire and found no victim; about an hour later they returned and discovered Culverson’s body. Investigators reported he had been shot, with some accounts noting a fatal wound to the chest, and the coroner confirmed his identity.

By the start of the following week police said they had no suspect and no motive. Who was in that area that night and what did they see or hear?