On September 10, 2021, Rafael Ampier Jr., 44, was fatally shot at a residence on Montcliff Avenue in Las Vegas, near Rainbow Boulevard and Twain Avenue. According to police and witnesses, the shooting followed a dispute after Ampier attempted to evict tenants Antoine Cloutier and his wife, who had been renting a room from him.

Reports say the argument escalated when Ampier allegedly became violent, slamming his head into the ground and then attacking Cloutier’s wife. Antoine Cloutier, also 44, told police he shot Ampier in the garage while trying to protect his wife. Ampier was taken to University Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Cloutier was arrested about seven hours later in an abandoned car roughly a mile and a half from the scene and was booked on a murder charge; he was being held without bail pending a preliminary hearing.

What did neighbors or anyone near Montcliff Avenue see that evening who might clarify how the confrontation began?