Jimmy Flores, 61, a Hispanic/Latino man also identified by authorities as Cresencio “Jimmy” Flores-Salas, was shot to death on the afternoon of November 18, 2015, inside a small home near downtown Las Vegas. Around 2 p.m., neighbors on Jessica Avenue heard raised voices—two men arguing—followed by the crack of two gunshots. Responding officers found Flores-Salas lying in the doorway of the residence; the coroner later ruled he died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and neck.
Detectives quickly concluded the confrontation was not random. The men knew each other, and what began as an argument turned into a brief struggle that ended with the fatal shots and the shooter fleeing before patrol units arrived. The address—1024 Jessica Avenue, just off East Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway—sat quiet behind police tape as homicide investigators canvassed the block for witnesses and security cameras, trying to piece together the last minutes of Flores-Salas’s life.
Within days, Metro named a suspect: 32-year-old Omar Valencia-Garcia of Las Vegas. A warrant was issued for his arrest on one count of murder with a deadly weapon and one count of robbery with a deadly weapon. In late January 2016, police publicly asked for help locating him, emphasizing that the motive for the killing remained unclear. Subsequent coverage continued to list Valencia-Garcia as wanted in connection with the case, and available reports did not announce an arrest.
Family and friends remembered the victim by the name they used every day—Jimmy. In the days after the shooting, his daughter organized a fundraiser for funeral expenses, explaining that Cresencio Flores-Salas was known to his loved ones as “Jimmy,” a note that lingered in community tributes even as the investigative file carried the formal name used by the coroner and police.
