Adrian Abrego-Gonzalez was 47 and working as an apartment maintenance employee when he was shot and killed just after midday on May 28, 2010, while repairing a window at the Village at Karen Apartments in Las Vegas. He and a co-worker encountered five men who appeared to be committing a burglary at the complex on East Sahara Avenue between Lamb and Nellis boulevards. A brief confrontation followed and one of the men produced a handgun and opened fire.

Abrego-Gonzalez was struck in the abdomen and died at the scene; his fellow maintenance worker suffered wounds that were not expected to be life-threatening. Detectives initially had not announced an arrest. The gunman was described as a Black male, late teens to early 20s, about 6 feet to 6 feet 3 inches tall and 160 to 180 pounds, last seen wearing a dark blue hat and running north toward a nearby wash. Anyone with information is asked to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section or Crime Stoppers.