Christopher Lamar Randle Jr. was an 18-year-old recent high school graduate when he was shot and killed in the early hours of May 20, 2014, at the Sonoma Hills apartments on East Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas. The shooting followed a confrontation in the complex parking lot after his father, Christopher Lamar Randle Sr., returned home and, believing a group of men had mistaken him for someone else, woke his son and went back outside to confront them.

An argument escalated between Randle Sr. and a man identified as Seth Aulai. According to a witness account, 31-year-old Elekaua Pola Brown approached, produced a handgun, and shot the unarmed, shirtless Christopher Jr., who was standing beside his father. Randle Sr. returned fire; no one else was hit. Christopher Jr. was taken to Sunrise Hospital and died of his injuries.

Police later located and questioned Brown, who initially denied involvement and then confessed, saying he fired after seeing Randle Sr. point a gun at Aulai. Brown was arrested and initially charged with first-degree murder with a deadly weapon; he ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter and received a prison sentence. Christopher Jr.’s family remembered his love of basketball and football and his plans to attend culinary school.

If anyone witnessed the parking lot confrontation or has information about that night, please share what is known.