Cornell Gunter, a 53-year-old Black tenor known for his work with The Coasters, was shot and killed in Las Vegas in the late morning of February 26, 1990. He was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car with two gunshot wounds to the chest after the vehicle crashed into a wall about a block from where witnesses said they heard shots. Authorities arrived at the scene around 11 a.m. and pronounced him dead.

Witnesses reported a loud argument at an intersection in North Las Vegas between Gunter and a thin Black man standing at the driver’s side window; the man was seen leaving the scene and was never identified. No motive was officially established and Las Vegas investigators had no immediate suspects; no arrests have been announced and the case is now considered a cold case.

Anyone who was in North Las Vegas on February 26, 1990, or who remembers seeing a confrontation that morning near the intersection, is asked to come forward with information.