Concern grew for 30-year-old Roy Tuando after he failed to show up for work for three days, prompting his boss to request a welfare check at his Las Vegas home in the 1600 block of Nesting Way on the evening of May 25, 2023. Officers found Tuando deceased on his bedroom floor from a gunshot wound.

Tuando’s 42-year-old nephew, Steven McLucas, initially told officers Tuando had gone to Florida to visit a wife, but a relative contradicted that account and raised concern. Under questioning McLucas admitted he and Tuando had struggled over Tuando’s rifle on May 23 when McLucas attempted to take it to sell or trade for fentanyl; he said he fatally shot his uncle during the struggle. McLucas left the home to buy drugs, returned, closed the bedroom door and did not report the death. He also allowed a female guest to sleep over the following day despite the odor from the body.

McLucas was arrested at the scene and held without bail on a murder charge. If anyone knew Roy, his routines, or saw him in the days before May 25, please share what might help the investigation.