In the early morning hours of Saturday, November 14, 2020, the body of a 29-year-old Hispanic male, Daniel Montes-Rodriguez, was discovered on a sidewalk in Las Vegas, Nevada. A business owner arriving to open his store in the Historic Westside neighborhood made the grim discovery at approximately 7 a.m. near the intersection of Miller Avenue and Lexington Street. First responders were called to the scene, but Montes-Rodriguez was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
The Clark County coroner's office officially ruled his death a homicide.
Metropolitan Police Department investigators began to piece together the events leading to his death. They found a car near his body and believed he may have arrived in it. However, the exact circumstances of his arrival and how long he had been on the sidewalk before being found remained unclear in the initial stages of the investigation. The motive for the shooting was also unknown, leaving detectives with a puzzling case.
In the days following the discovery, police had not identified any witnesses or a potential suspect in the fatal shooting. Homicide detectives appealed to the public for any information that could lead to a breakthrough in the case. Despite their efforts and the passage of time, there have been no subsequent announcements of any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the murder of Daniel Montes-Rodriguez. The case remains an open and unsolved homicide.
