A quiet Monday morning in Reno turned deadly on July 28, 2025, when 66-year-old Angel Martinez was shot and killed in the Grand Sierra Resort parking lot. Martinez, a longtime Reno-Sparks casino worker, often stopped at the resort for coffee after overnight shifts. He was driving near the valet area just after 7:25 a.m. when a gunman opened fire; Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

The shooter, identified as 26-year-old Dakota Hawver of Reno, fired about 80 rounds from a 9mm handgun and also killed two visitors from Southern California, Justin Agulia, 33, and Andrew Canepa, 33. Three others were wounded and expected to survive. Responding security and Reno police exchanged gunfire with Hawver; he was struck and later died at a hospital two days after the attack. Investigators report no known connection or established motive between the gunman and any of the victims.

Martinez’s family described him as a devoted father, grandfather and brother to ten siblings. He had been planning to retire in November to care for his 88-year-old mother and had recently obtained a passport for a trip to visit a brother he hadn’t seen in 15 years. Does anyone who knew Angel or was at the resort that morning have information to share?