Michael C. Johnson was 48 and a father of fourteen when he was killed after intervening to protect his adult daughter at the Stateside Lounge, 931 Las Vegas Blvd. North. According to family accounts, an argument began inside the bar in the early morning hours of June 22, 2019, after Johnson stepped in to stop another man’s aggressive, unwanted advances. The fight moved into the parking lot and, at about 3:30 a.m., Johnson and the other man exchanged gunfire. Johnson was struck multiple times and died at University Medical Center about an hour later; the Clark County coroner ruled his death a homicide.

Investigators focused on 43-year-old Jerry Fitzgerald Jr. Homicide detectives received public tips identifying a man known as Shady and linked a Facebook profile under the name Jerry Shady Makk Fitzgerald to the suspect. Fitzgerald was arrested three days after the shooting and booked into the Clark County Detention Center; he later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with Johnson’s death.

Did anyone who knew Michael or who was at the Stateside Lounge that night see what happened in the parking lot?