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Jordan Taitano was 42 when he was killed in Las Vegas on the evening of April 4, 2017. He was outside a liquor store on East Twain Avenue when a bicyclist approached and fired two shots, one striking Taitano in the chest; he was taken to Sunrise Hospital and died less than an hour later. His death was recorded as the 50th homicide in Clark County that year.

Investigators linked the shooting to a prior daytime altercation caught on the store’s surveillance footage. The video shows Taitano punching the man who would later shoot him; that man, identified as 19-year-old Andres Garcialeal, returned that evening, exchanged words with Taitano across the parking lot, then rode past and fired the fatal shots. Garcialeal fled but was arrested on April 11 while attempting to reenter the United States from Mexico and was booked on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon; he was also facing separate drug charges and had no bail set.

Does anyone have information about Taitano’s movements on April 4 or the earlier confrontation that could help clarify what happened?