Keith Johnson, a 15-year-old Black/African American male, was shot and killed in Las Vegas on the evening of June 5, 2024. The shooting occurred in the 3900 block of North Nellis Boulevard shortly before 8:45 p.m. and is believed by authorities to have arisen from a drug transaction that turned violent. Johnson was inside a vehicle that had arrived to purchase narcotics when armed individuals approached and opened fire. He was taken to a local hospital and later transferred to University Medical Center, where he died; the Clark County coroner ruled the death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation and on June 19, 2024 arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the killing. The juvenile suspect was booked into Clark County Juvenile Hall and faces multiple felony counts, including open murder with a deadly weapon. No descriptions of other potential suspects have been released.

If anyone witnessed the shooting in the 3900 block of North Nellis Boulevard that night or has information about who else might have been involved, please come forward.