Andre Matthews, 43, was fatally shot on a Las Vegas street in the late hours of August 6, 2025. He was found lying in the roadway on Sahara Avenue near Interstate 15 with a gunshot wound to his neck and later died at U.M.C. Trauma Center with family at his side.
Police say the violence followed a brief interaction while Matthews, who worked at a nearby fast-food restaurant, was on his break. He reportedly asked a woman for a bite of her hot dog; that exchange turned heated and a witness reported racial slurs directed at Matthews. Surveillance footage shows Matthews running after the woman, identified as 34-year-old Vivian Jimenez, and 30-year-old Joseph Skeirik. After Matthews caught up with them, Jimenez and Skeirik ran away and Matthews was left fatally wounded in the street.
Jimenez and Skeirik were arrested and booked on suspicion of open murder and conspiracy to commit murder; authorities alleged Jimenez provided the firearm and Skeirik, a convicted felon, had it. Those murder charges were later dropped and the pair now face lesser, unspecified charges. Matthews, born October 26, 1981, in Wilmington, Delaware and known as Mr. Matthews, loved rap music and was active in caring for his nephew Son-Son, Aaron Taylor.
Did anyone in Las Vegas see or record anything that night or know more about Matthews’ movements before the shooting?