A domestic argument in a Las Vegas apartment ended in homicide on September 2, 2015. Neighbors reported hearing a struggle and a gunshot at the unit shared by 51-year-old Kristan Elizabeth Smith and her 24-year-old boyfriend, Johnny Medrano. Responding officers found Smith dead from a gunshot wound to the chest; the Clark County Coroner classified the death accordingly and listed it as the city’s 81st suspected homicide that year.

Medrano fled briefly after the shooting but was found a short time later at a nearby residence and taken into custody without incident. Police booked him on suspicion of murder with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.

If anyone knew Kristan, lived near 21st and Fremont, or witnessed activity at that apartment on the night of September 2, 2015, please share information.