On September 23, 2022, 32-year-old Jamie Nichole Chase was shot and killed outside a home on Dennis Way in southeast Las Vegas after confronting a woman over giving Jamie’s children a ride to school. The confrontation began as a verbal argument; witnesses said it did not become physical before the woman went inside, returned with a handgun, and shot Jamie in the head. Medical personnel pronounced Jamie dead at the scene from the single gunshot wound.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police took 27-year-old Lahela Kaiwi-Brewer into custody at the scene. During questioning she gave conflicting statements and said she could not recall the moment of the shooting, only that they had been fighting in the front yard. Investigators reported neither Jamie nor the witness with her had been armed or had made any threats with a weapon; Kaiwi-Brewer was booked on an open murder charge.

Jamie’s family described her as a mother who died protecting her children and said they wanted a longer sentence. If anyone knew Jamie, her movements that morning, or saw the incident, please share what was seen or heard.