A planned drug purchase ended in deadly gunfire on April 21, 2014, when 28-year-old Jason Puckett went to meet a seller near Washington Avenue and Bruce Street in Las Vegas. Puckett and a friend arranged to buy marijuana; while standing outside a Chevrolet Trailblazer, Puckett grew agitated on his phone and gunshots were then fired from inside the vehicle. A witness said the seller, identified as 22-year-old Jonathan Perez, aimed a revolver at Puckett, stepped out, followed him as he stumbled to the rear of the vehicle, and after Puckett collapsed re-entered the Trailblazer and fled. Puckett was taken to University Medical Center and died of multiple gunshot wounds according to the autopsy.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police located the Trailblazer owner, who said her daughter’s boyfriend, Jonathan Perez, had been using the vehicle. Police arrested Perez the following day; he was charged with first-degree murder, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, and discharging a firearm from a vehicle. Records show Perez had a prior guilty plea in 2011 for attempted murder and carrying a concealed weapon. If anyone has information about Puckett or that April 2014 meeting, please share what is known.