In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Las Vegas, on July 24, 2013, the life of 22-year-old Marqui Hopkins, an African-American male, was tragically cut short. Police were called to the 1700 block of West Bonanza Road, near Martin Luther King Boulevard, around 10:35 p.m. following reports of gunfire. Upon their arrival, they discovered Hopkins suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds.
Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Clark County coroner's office would later confirm that Hopkins died from close-contact gunshot wounds. In the days following the shooting, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department detectives identified a suspect in the case. They publicly named Billy Ray Harris, who was 18 or 19 years old at the time, as the individual they believed to be involved in Hopkins' death.
Authorities released Harris's name and photograph to the public, asking for assistance in locating him. The investigation into the death of Marqui Hopkins continued as police actively searched for the suspect. Information from online sources available does not detail an arrest or the final outcome of the search for Billy Ray Harris.
