On the evening of October 14, 2018, Susan Nash, 52, was killed in a convenience store parking lot at West Lake Mead Boulevard and Simmons Street in North Las Vegas. She, her son Deonte Nash, 31, and daughter Dejona’e Nash, 20, were shot during a confrontation that began after the family went to confront a man, Jose Easley Jr., 41, over an earlier argument involving another family member. Deonte and Dejona’e died of multiple gunshot wounds. The coroner listed Susan’s primary cause of death as multiple blunt force injuries from being run over; gunshot wounds were noted as a contributing factor.

North Las Vegas police arrested Jose Easley Jr. in the days after the shooting on multiple charges including murder and attempted murder; bail was set at over one million dollars. Investigators reported a second gunman, a friend of the Nash family, fired during the incident, though it was not clear whether that person’s shots struck anyone and that individual was not immediately taken into custody.

Susan was a special education teacher’s aide at Desert Pines High School and was remembered as a maternal presence to students and community members. If anyone witnessed the confrontation in the parking lot or has information about who fired during the exchange, please share what is known.