Joe Amador Castillo, a 28-year-old male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, was identified by the Clark County coroner as the man killed in a shooting that occurred on January 22, 2009, in Las Vegas. The identification was reported days later, confirming his name and age after the violent night that left multiple victims and drew homicide detectives to the scene.
Police said the attack was a triple shooting in northeast Las Vegas—one man died and two others were wounded—and detectives immediately began searching for a suspect. At the time, authorities had not announced any arrests and were asking for the public's help while the homicide investigation moved forward.
Subsequent online summaries of the case echo the basic outline: Castillo's killing took place on January 22, 2009, in Las Vegas, and publicly available details remain limited beyond the initial identification and the early search for whoever opened fire that night. None of the material surveyed reported later arrests or the naming of a suspect connected specifically to Castillo's death.
