On May 27, 2020, 23-year-old Lamont Anthony Brooks Jr. of Henderson was shot in the breezeway of an apartment complex just west of Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard in southwest Las Vegas. Officers found Brooks with multiple gunshot wounds around 9:55 p.m.; he was taken to University Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Investigators say Brooks had gone to the complex to conduct a narcotics transaction and was approached by two masked men who attempted to rob him. A struggle followed; one of the masked suspects produced a gun and shot Brooks. The second suspect, later identified as 30-year-old Jarreese Ford, was also shot during the altercation and was treated at area hospitals. The other suspect, identified as 30-year-old Desmond Cole, fled the scene with Ford.

Police linked a cellphone used to lure Brooks to Cole, and found Cole’s fingerprints inside Ford’s vehicle. Both Cole and Ford were later charged with murder with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit murder; reports describe the encounter as premeditated because masks and the luring phone were used. Does anyone have information about Brooks’ activities or contacts leading up to that night?