Giancarlo John Banova, a 60-year-old Las Vegas resident, was mortally wounded in a neighborhood shootout on May 7, 2015, and died at University Medical Center on May 14, 2015. The confrontation happened on Westport Circle near Gowan Road and Jones Boulevard during a long-running dispute with his neighbor, 46-year-old James Stapleton.

Surveillance video from Banova’s property shows Stapleton approaching Banova’s driveway and firing four shots into Banova’s white Dodge pickup while Banova was backing out. The defense says Banova fired first from a handgun through his driver’s side window; the footage has no sound and does not clearly show any return fire. Banova was shot in the head; Stapleton sustained non-life-threatening wounds and was treated and released.

Stapleton was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held at the Clark County Detention Center; a judge found sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial. If anyone witnessed the dispute or has information about what happened that morning, please share what is known.