On the evening of March 25, 2023, 17-year-old Omarion Marques Wilson was shot in the chest during an 18th birthday party on the fifth floor of the Platinum Hotel and Spa, a condominium complex just off the Las Vegas Strip. Omarion, a senior at Legacy High School from North Las Vegas and a standout on the football and track teams, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and pronounced dead later that night. He was described as popular and excited about upcoming prom and graduation.

Surveillance footage from the hotel showed a group of uninvited individuals — some wearing ski masks — entering the party. Footage captured one suspect, who was 15 at the time, placing a firearm into a backpack and running from the hotel after the shooting. That suspect, Sin cere Smith, was arrested in June 2023 in San Bernardino County, California, extradited to Nevada, and later entered an Alford plea to second-degree murder; a judge sentenced him in March 2024 to eight to 25 years in prison and ordered $5,000 in restitution. Omarion’s mother, Laquinna Wilson, spoke at sentencing about the family’s loss and said Omarion has a daughter born after his death. She has also filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Platinum Hotel alleging negligent security contributed to the killing.

Does anyone have further details about security at the Platinum Hotel that night or saw activity on the Strip around March 25, 2023?