Gabriel George Valenzuela was 24 and a College of Southern Nevada nursing student when he was shot outside his family’s home in the 5500 block of West Dewey Drive, near Russell and Lindell roads, shortly after midnight on August 9, 2017. He had just pulled into the driveway and checked his mail when he confronted a group of four young men; he was shot at least three times, rushed to a hospital, and died. The Clark County coroner ruled the death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds; the autopsy later documented four wounds to the head, abdomen, and both ankles.

Neighbors and surveillance footage, plus forensic work, focused investigators on four people seen together that night, including a white Mercury Grand Marquis observed by a neighbor. Arrests followed within days: 18-year-old Demario Lofton-Robinson and his 14-year-old brother were taken into custody on August 10–11, 2017, and 22-year-old Davontae Wheeler and 20-year-old Raekwon Robertson were arrested on August 15–16.

By February 2020 a jury convicted Raekwon Robertson of first-degree murder, attempted robbery, and conspiracy, and convicted Davontae Wheeler of second-degree murder and conspiracy; court records show sentences imposed on appeal. Gabriel’s family were inside the house and heard the gunfire. Does anyone have information about Gabriel, the neighborhood that night, or the white Grand Marquis seen near Dewey Drive?