On the evening of Thursday, December 21, 2023, 28-year-old Hispanic/Latino Rodrigo Maya Blanco was shot and killed during a confrontation at an east Las Vegas apartment complex on the 1200 block of Tree Line Drive, near Charleston and Hollywood boulevards. The encounter began about 7:45 p.m. when Maya Blanco was reportedly standing next to a stolen vehicle and two individuals approached and confronted him about it. He got into a second vehicle in an apparent attempt to leave, but was shot before he could drive away and died at the scene.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department identified 51-year-old Christopher Hall as the shooter. Hall was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a murder charge in connection with Maya Blanco’s death.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.