On the evening of December 28, 2017, 20-year-old Quintin Jakar Hicks was found shot to death in an apartment on Carroll Street in North Las Vegas. Officers discovered Quintin alongside his 44-year-old mother, Carole Joyce Patterson, and a 22-year-old visitor, Anthony Jaurice Vance; the Clark County Coroner’s Office confirmed all three died of gunshot wounds to the head. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots about 4 p.m., which prompted the police response that uncovered the scene the victims shared.

The North Las Vegas Police Department opened a homicide investigation and by March 2018 publicly sought help identifying a person of interest described as a Black male, 20 to 30 years old, about 5 feet 11 inches and 160 pounds. No motive has been released and no arrests have been announced. If anyone knew Quintin, his mother, Anthony Vance, or has information about who was in that Carroll Street apartment that afternoon, please come forward.