Manuel Velasquez

On the night of November 27, 2023, a domestic dispute in a Las Vegas home ended the life of Manuel Velasquez, a 70-year-old Hispanic man. The events unfolded inside his family's residence in the Summerlin neighborhood, where an argument with his son escalated into deadly violence.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received the first 9-1-1 call at approximately 11:18 p.m. from Manuel's wife. She had called after seeing her husband and their 28-year-old son, Isaac Velasquez, fighting. After being threatened herself, she fled to a neighbor’s house for safety but left the phone line open. The dispatcher could hear a struggle and arguing in the background, followed by what sounded like a gunshot. Soon after, two more emergency calls came in. One was from Manuel, stating that his son had shot him. The other was from his wife, who had reached a neighbor's home and reported that her son had just shot her husband.

When officers arrived at the residence in the 9700 block of Horseback Circle, they found Manuel’s wife at a neighbor’s house. Believing a barricade situation was possible, police established a perimeter and called in the SWAT team. After obtaining a search warrant, SWAT officers entered the home and found Manuel on the floor of the master bedroom. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene by medical personnel.

Isaac Velasquez had fled the home on foot before police arrived. A search of the area was launched, involving a police K-9 unit and a helicopter. Officers located Isaac hiding under a bush in the backyard of a home two blocks away. He was taken into custody, and investigators recovered a Glock and a 9mm handgun nearby.

Isaac Velasquez was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center. He was charged with open murder with a deadly weapon and domestic battery. As of late November 2023, he remained in custody without bail while legal proceedings were pending.