On the morning of December 8, 2019, 25-year-old Daniel Garcia III was shot and later died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen after a disturbance on the 5700 block of Shinyleaf Circle in east Las Vegas. The incident began when Garcia’s father was awakened by a noise and saw a man inside the family pickup; the father went outside to investigate and Garcia III followed. A struggle occurred between the father and the man in the truck, during which the father reported seeing the man holding a gun wrapped in a blue bandana and then heard a gunshot. Garcia III cried out and was taken to University Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries; the coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Family members detained the suspect until police arrived. Authorities identified the suspect as 21-year-old Benjamin Smith of Las Vegas; officers recovered a .357-caliber revolver, a blue bandana with two eyeholes cut into it, and a wallet with Smith’s Nevada ID at the scene. Smith was taken into custody after being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg and was charged with murder, attempted murder, and burglary.

Does anyone have information about what led up to the confrontation that morning?