Fifteen-year-old Anwon Omar Ceasor Jr was shot and killed in Las Vegas on the evening of July 15, 2022. He was taken to UMC Children’s Trauma Center but succumbed to his injuries. Born in Natchez, Mississippi, with family ties to Louisiana, Anwon’s funeral services were held in Frogmore, Louisiana.

Investigators say the shooting occurred at the Tides at Walnut Apartments on East Cheyenne Avenue and was connected to an apparent drug deal gone wrong. Prosecutors later described a plot in which Anwon and two other teenagers planned to rob a marijuana dealer; Anwon allegedly entered the dealer’s vehicle and produced a gun, and the dealer drew his weapon and fired. Authorities determined the dealer’s actions were self-defense and he was not charged.

Detectives identified one co-participant as 15-year-old Damarion Bennett. In January 2023 prosecutors announced felony robbery resulting in death charges against Bennett, then 16, to be prosecuted as an adult. Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night at the Tides at Walnut Apartments?