On the evening of March 30, 2011, 22-year-old Michael Portaro was shot multiple times and killed in the parking lot of the Tenaya Creek Brewery in Las Vegas, Nevada. Portaro, a White/Caucasian aspiring hip-hop artist known as Mikey P who was selling tickets for a performance by his group Ekoh, was described as an innocent victim caught in a crime of opportunity. His car was stolen from the scene.

Investigators found a half-smoked cigarette underneath Portaro’s body; surveillance showed a man smoking nearby before the shooting. DNA from the cigarette matched a buccal swab taken from 22-year-old Brandon Javon Hill after an unrelated arrest. Police also recovered the firearm used in the killing during a separate arrest, found Portaro’s blood on Hill’s shoes, and discovered other evidence in Portaro’s stolen vehicle. Hill was charged with murder with a deadly weapon, robbery, and grand larceny and was convicted; prosecutors had sought the death penalty but Portaro’s mother requested it be withdrawn and a judge later imposed a term of 28 years to life.

Does anyone have memories of that night at Tenaya Creek Brewery or information about Michael’s activities in the days before March 30, 2011?