Edna Reyes was 23 and a talented musician who played guitar and ukulele. She was the mother of a young child. In the early morning hours of July 29, 2020, the same day as her daughter’s birthday, Reyes and 24-year-old Dae’shawn King were shot in a silver Toyota RAV4 on McWilliams Avenue in Las Vegas. They had met with a man around 12:30 a.m.; after a seven-minute conversation the vehicle began to leave and the man fired into the back of the SUV. The RAV4 continued until it struck a wall on North Eastern Avenue. King was found dead in the driver’s seat from multiple gunshot wounds. Reyes was transported to University Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds and later died.

Surveillance footage showed the shooter wearing all black and sneakers with a distinctive cross pattern on the front. Police recovered five 9 mm casings. A witness later said 22-year-old Brian Dewakuku had confessed to killing two people during a bad drug deal and had been seen cleaning a firearm. Reyes’s phone records showed Facebook Messenger contact with Dewakuku about a delivery shortly before the shooting.

Reyes’s mother said her daughter was a gifted musician and left behind a young child. Anyone who knew Edna Reyes or has information about the case is asked to come forward.