On the morning of July 29, 2014, 51-year-old Jesse Vigil was killed on a sidewalk in Henderson, Nevada after a traffic stop. Officers had stopped him for bicycling against a red light at Horizon Drive and Boulder Highway and first contacted him in a 7-Eleven parking lot. Vigil initially gave a false name and a records check showed a history of violent crimes and weapons possession, prompting a pat-down that produced a folding knife.

When officers tried to take Vigil into custody for the traffic infractions, he broke free, seized a second knife attached to his bicycle and stabbed Officer Fergus Baxter in the hip and thigh. Both Baxter and Officer Charles Hedrick fired at Vigil; he was struck multiple times and died at the scene. An autopsy listed gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen as the cause of death and found a high level of methamphetamine in his system.

The two officers were placed on paid administrative leave while the Henderson Police Department investigated. The Clark County District Attorney’s Office later reviewed evidence and witness statements and concluded the officers’ actions were legally justified. Vigil was also identified during the investigation as the primary suspect in a fatal stabbing from the previous year.

If anyone knew Vigil or has information about the events leading up to that morning, what can be shared with investigators?