Jose Antonio Soto, 39, was shot and killed in the pre-dawn hours of January 9, 2023, on the 1800 block of Franklin Avenue in Las Vegas. Officers were dispatched at about 2:47 a.m. after reports of a shooting and found Soto unresponsive in the street with apparent gunshot wounds. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The Clark County Coroner ruled his death a homicide from gunshot wounds to the head and back.

Investigators say Soto was chased down the street by an assailant who then opened fire and fled. Detectives later identified 42-year-old Jesus Gonzalez as a suspect; he was already jailed on an open murder charge in a killing that occurred the day before Soto’s death. Gonzalez was rebooked on an additional count of open murder with a deadly weapon in Soto’s case. Prosecutors have reportedly indicted Gonzalez in multiple January killings and are considering seeking the death penalty.

If anyone saw activity around Franklin Avenue on January 9, 2023, or has information about Soto or the shooting, please come forward.