Clarice Yamaguchi was 66 when she was shot and killed in a Las Vegas parking garage on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve 2021. She and her husband, Robert, had been in the city for the holidays and were walking from their car near the Fashion Show mall around 1:30 p.m. when a silver BMW pulled up. A man armed with a semi-automatic handgun attempted to steal Clarice’s purse; Robert struggled with the assailant and during the confrontation the gunman fired a single shot that struck Clarice in the neck. She was taken to University Medical Center, where she died of her wounds.

Detectives linked the attack to a violent crime spree later the same day in which another man, Hyo Sup Um, was fatally shot in a casino parking garage. Investigators identified two suspects from Southern California, citing surveillance video and records tied to the silver BMW; a handgun and clothing matching crime-scene descriptions were recovered in the suspects’ car. The suspects were charged in both murders and related armed robberies, and the Yamaguchi family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Fashion Show Mall alleging inadequate security.

Clarice’s family described her as a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who spent weekends supporting her three grandchildren at their dance, baseball, soccer, and cheer activities. Does anyone have information about the parking garage that afternoon or remember seeing a silver BMW in that area?