On the morning of September 25, 2016, Aleksandr Sasha Khutsishvili, 41, was sitting in a Starbucks several miles west of the Strip in Las Vegas when a verbal confrontation in the store escalated. A man later identified as Pedro Jose Garcia reportedly pulled a handgun, fired three times and struck Khutsishvili in the chest; Khutsishvili fell near the entrance. Other customers scrambled for cover during the shooting. Khutsishvili, unarmed at the time and carrying only a laptop and cellphone, was pronounced killed.

Khutsishvili, known as Sasha to friends, was a U.S. citizen who had immigrated from Georgia and had served in a military unit that protected former President Eduard Shevardnadze. He was twice divorced and a father of three; friends described him as someone who would intervene to help others. Pedro Jose Garcia, 34, an ex-felon, was arrested and charged with murder.

If anyone was in that Starbucks that morning or has information about the altercation that led to Sasha’s death, please share what is known.