Bradley Howard Sappington, a 54-year-old Black man, was found dead on the 2100 block of Industrial Road in Las Vegas after a 911 call reporting a shooting just after 9:50 p.m. on September 14, 2019. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators determined he had been shot inside a vehicle and then pushed into the roadway; the vehicle was last seen heading south on Industrial Road.

Police identified and charged three people in connection with the killing. Alexander Buzz, then 27, was charged with murder; prosecutors say Sappington was trying to get out of the vehicle when Buzz shot him in the back of the head. Joseph Aguilar and Emma Malone were implicated after Malone told police she and Buzz had arranged to meet Sappington to buy drugs. Buzz later claimed self-defense, saying Sappington reached for a gun and threw a drink in his face.

Buzz pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in September 2021. Aguilar pleaded guilty to being an accessory and received 180 days in the Clark County Detention Center. Malone pleaded guilty to accessory charges but failed to appear for sentencing and a warrant was issued.

Did anyone in the area see the vehicle on Industrial Road that night or have information about where Sappington might have been before the meeting?