On October 14, 2018, Deonte’ Nash, 31, was shot and killed in a parking lot near West Lake Mead Boulevard and Simmons Street in North Las Vegas. He was one of three members of the Nash family killed that night; his sister Dejona’e Nash, 20, also died of gunshot wounds to the head, and their mother Susan Nash, 52, was shot and then run over by an SUV. A fourth person, the father of Dejona’e’s child, was wounded and survived.

The shootings followed a confrontation at a convenience store over an earlier argument in which Jose Easley Jr. had allegedly threatened a family member with a gun. North Las Vegas police identified 41-year-old Jose Easley Jr. as the primary suspect and arrested him on October 18, 2018, charging him with multiple counts including three counts of murder, attempted murder, and battery with a deadly weapon. Investigators said a second gunman, described as a friend of the Nash family, exchanged fire during the incident and was not initially in custody. Deonte’ is remembered as a hardworking father.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the second gunman, please come forward.