Samuel Primeno Nunez, 40, was fatally shot at his trailer on 17th Street in Monroe on the evening of July 22, 2015. Another man, Elias Perez-Barrios, 35, was wounded in the same attack at Nunez’s residence. Investigators identified 25-year-old Francisco Benitez-Santiago of Monroe as the sole suspect; an ex-girlfriend said Benitez-Santiago believed Nunez and Perez-Barrios had been involved in a prior assault on him and that he intended to kill them in retaliation.

Less than 30 minutes after the shootings, Green County deputies located Benitez-Santiago and shot him during a confrontation. Deputies Cody Kanable and John Schuetz reported he ignored commands to drop a handgun and raised it toward them; the pistol was later found to be a .22-caliber with no cartridges in the magazine or chamber. The Monroe Police Department confirmed the person killed by law enforcement was the suspect in Nunez’s homicide and stated there was no further danger.

Anyone with information about the events at the 17th Street trailer or the earlier assault that Benitez-Santiago referenced is asked to come forward.