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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
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400 S. Martin L. King Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89106
Office: 702-828-4082 
Sheriff Kevin McMahill 

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

On March 1, 2026, at approximately 12:39 a.m., LVMPD Communications received a report of two males armed with guns near Lake Mead Boulevard and Nellis Boulevard. Later the call was updated that shots had been fired. Arriving officers located a male suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Medical personnel were requested and the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Additional arriving officers were able to locate a second male, later identified as 39-year-old Robert Aguilar Jr., in the 5000 block of Kell Lane. Aguilar was suffering from apparent gunshot wounds and was transported to a hospital in critical condition.

The LVMPD Homicide Section was notified and responded. Through the course of the investigation, detectives learned that the deceased victim was open carrying a firearm and had just left a business in the area. Aguilar approached the victim and at gunpoint demanded the victim’s firearm. The victim drew his firearm and the two exchanged gunfire.

Aguilar was booked in absentia into the Clark County Detention Center for Open Murder with a Deadly Weapon and Robbery with a Deadly Weapon. 

The identification of the decedent, as well as the cause and manner of death, can be obtained through the Clark County Coroner’s Office.

Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section by phone at 702-828-3521, or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-385-5555, or on the internet at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.

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