Jacob Hughey, 28, was killed in a Las Vegas parking lot in the early morning of November 14, 2021, after a chance encounter outside a tavern on South Grand Canyon Drive turned violent. Officers arrived about 3:29 a.m. and found Hughey suffering multiple gunshot wounds; the Clark County coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Surveillance footage from the establishment and Hughey’s own cell phone, which was still recording when officers found him, captured the altercation and showed the shooter’s face. Those recordings led investigators to identify and arrest 21-year-old Launce Cliff four days later. Cliff was charged with open murder and carrying a weapon without a permit; investigators say he shot Hughey once in the face and three times in the back after Hughey struck him during the dispute. Cliff left the scene in a vehicle before first responders arrived. During a later bail hearing, his attorney argued self-defense.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation outside the tavern or has additional video or information, please share it with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.