Who killed this apartment maintenance man? Adrian Abrego-Gonzalez, a 47-year-old Hispanic/Latino man working as an apartment maintenance employee, was shot and killed just after midday on May 28, 2010, while repairing a window at the Village at Karen Apartments in Las Vegas. He and a co-worker were on the job when they came upon five men who appeared to be in the midst of a burglary at the complex along East Sahara Avenue between Lamb and Nellis boulevards.
A brief confrontation followed, and one of the men drew a handgun and opened fire. Abrego-Gonzalez was struck in the abdomen and died at the scene; his fellow maintenance worker was wounded and hospitalized with injuries that were not expected to be life-threatening.
In the days immediately after the shooting, homicide detectives had not made an arrest. Police described the gunman as a Black male in his late teens to early 20s, approximately 6 feet to 6 feet 3 inches tall and 160 to 180 pounds, last seen wearing a dark blue hat and running north toward a nearby wash. Investigators urged witnesses to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section or Crime Stoppers with tips. Public case summaries compiled later by victim-advocacy and case-tracking sites echoed those early details and the appeal for information.
