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Christopher Pineda was 31 when he was fatally shot after an encounter at the Rainbow Market on East Lake Mead Boulevard. In the days before the shooting he had been involved in altercations with another man; surveillance showed that man physically assaulting Pineda behind the store two days earlier. On the evening of May 7, 2022, Pineda and 23-year-old Jesus Osuna-Lopez were seen together inside the market playing slot machines. They briefly stepped into the parking lot, returned inside, and later left at different times.

Osuna-Lopez waited outside and, when Pineda exited, confronted him. Pineda raised his hands but was struck by a gunshot. First responders arrived about 8:30 p.m.; Pineda was taken to University Medical Center and pronounced dead. The coroner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the hip and a cardiovascular injury, ruling it a homicide. Surveillance and prior mugshots led detectives to identify Jesus Osuna-Lopez; a murder warrant was issued four days after the shooting and he was later apprehended in Phoenix awaiting extradition. Did anyone who knew Christopher or who was at the Rainbow Market that night see what happened or have additional information?