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David Roman Tauiliili, 19, died after being shot in an apartment in southwest Las Vegas in the early hours of August 12, 2019. A 911 call placed about 1 a.m. reported an accidental shooting. Tauiliili was taken to University Medical Center and died three days later on August 15, 2019. The Clark County coroner’s office ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the head.

The apartment’s occupant, 20-year-old roommate Maya Santos, told investigators at first that the shooting was an accident while they were on the patio watching YouTube videos about firearms and that she had believed one gun was unloaded. An autopsy showed a wound consistent with the gun being pressed to Tauiliili’s head. After being shown that information, Santos changed her account, saying they were acting out a scenario of a burglar and that she extended her arm and pulled the trigger. Santos was arrested and booked on a murder charge. Tauiliili’s mother established an online fundraiser and donated his organs.

Are there details from that night or the apartment that anyone remembers which could clarify what happened?