Maria Strazzera-Zeta, 51, was found with a gunshot wound inside the Laughlin apartment she shared with her boyfriend on the morning of June 24, 2024. Officers responded around 10:30 a.m. to a complex in the 1700 block of Cal Edison Drive; medical personnel pronounced her dead at the scene. Investigators reported the shooting followed an argument inside the residence.

Detectives identified her boyfriend, 43-year-old Paul Herrera, as the suspect and booked him into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of open murder. Reporting noted Herrera had an active law-enforcement history and multiple felony warrants at the time, and police said the fatal shot was fired during a heated dispute.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section.