Eric Ruiz, 25, a male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, was found shot to death on the night of April 5, 2014, in a northeast Las Vegas neighborhood. At about 8:42 p.m., a 911 caller reported an injured, unresponsive man in the 6900 block of Appleton Drive, near East Carey Avenue and North Hollywood Boulevard. Patrol officers and medical personnel arrived to find Ruiz deceased from apparent gunshot wounds. Neighbors told investigators they first heard an argument among an unknown number of men, then gunfire, and afterward saw a man running west toward Carey Avenue.
Detectives opened a homicide investigation and appealed for tips from the public, but authorities did not immediately identify any suspects. Contemporary local reporting noted police activity at the Appleton Drive scene that night, reinforcing the location and time frame of the killing. Public memorial and records listings later confirmed Ruiz’s name, age, date, and city of death. As of the latest available public information, no arrests have been announced and the suspect or suspects remain unidentified.
