Latoya Norgina Woolen, a 39-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot on the evening of March 19, 2017, in a Las Vegas shopping-center parking lot near Flamingo Road and Maryland Parkway. After shopping at a Dollar Tree she was sitting on a short wall, apparently waiting for a ride; her purse, phone and recent purchases were found with her, indicating robbery was not the motive. Surveillance footage showed a beige 1980 Dodge van drive past, park, and the driver, later identified as 55-year-old Frank Campis, exit, reposition the van and approach Woolen from behind. A muzzle flash appears on video as a single shotgun blast struck Woolen; she fell and was later pronounced dead from a shotgun wound to the head and neck.

Investigators used surveillance from multiple businesses to track the van and the suspect’s movements. Campis was located asleep in his van in a casino parking lot and taken into custody. He later confessed, saying he had mistaken Woolen for someone else; he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon and received a life term with parole possible after 10 years plus a consecutive 8 to 20-year weapon sentence. If anyone knew Latoya Woolen or saw activity around Flamingo and Maryland Parkway on March 19, 2017, please come forward with information.