Gilbert Gonzales, 17, a Hispanic/Latino male, was found shot to death on July 5, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was discovered in an alleyway near North Pecos Road and Lake Mead Boulevard with multiple gunshot wounds, and the case was classified as a homicide the day he was found. The sparse details that surfaced publicly sketched a stark scene: a teenager left in a back-lane stretch of the northeast valley as the holiday weekend faded, his name quickly added to that year’s grim roster.
Detectives opened a murder investigation, but no suspect names or descriptions were released in the immediate aftermath, and no public record reflects an arrest tied to the killing. The case has persisted without closure, fitting the pattern of unsolved homicides cataloged by local authorities, who continue to encourage tipsters to come forward through Crime Stoppers or the homicide section. As of today, there has been no official announcement of a suspect being charged, leaving the investigation open and the family without answers.
