On the early morning of December 1, 2025, Robert Nolan Manny Denunzio, a 24-year-old Native American man, was shot inside an apartment at the Kensington Court Apartments in Spokane, Washington. Officers found him with a gunshot wound to the head and an injury to his right hand; he was taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and died about 14 hours later. The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Witnesses told detectives Denunzio had been visiting the unit when a man known by the moniker Chaos arrived. Witness statements identify the assailant as 33-year-old Randy R. Chaparro, who allegedly produced a turquoise handgun and shot Denunzio in the face, then rifled through the victim’s pockets before fleeing. Witnesses also said Chaparro had made remarks earlier that weekend about feeling like killing someone that day.

Detectives located Chaparro at an apartment on the 500 block of West Sprague Avenue that evening and arrested him after executing a search warrant; no firearm was recovered. Chaparro was charged in Spokane County Superior Court with second-degree murder and second-degree assault, held on $5 million bond, and prosecutors said he was on release for a prior unlawful possession of a firearm charge at the time. If anyone knew Robert Denunzio or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators.