Christian Bernal-Hernandez, 26, was shot dead after stepping out the back door of the Playas de Sinaloa restaurant with two other men late the night of September 18, 2010. At about 11:39 p.m. gunfire erupted behind the business on the 4700 block of East Charleston Boulevard near Nellis. Officers found Bernal-Hernandez behind the restaurant with multiple gunshot wounds; another man had been shot and a third man who went outside with them had fled.

The coroner later identified Bernal-Hernandez and listed his cause of death as gunshot wounds to the chest and left arm. Homicide detectives traced the moments before the shooting to the restaurant’s rear service area, canvassed for witnesses and have treated the encounter as sudden and fatal. The case remains listed among Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department open homicides; no arrests or suspects have been publicly named and tips are being sought.

If anyone was near the Charleston Boulevard corridor that night or has information about the meeting behind the restaurant, LVMPD Homicide and Crime Stoppers want to hear from you.