Angel Fabre, 42, male, was gunned down outside a home in the eastern Las Vegas Valley just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, August 6, 2017. Hours earlier, worried that trouble was brewing around a roommate’s tumultuous relationship, he had mounted a surveillance camera at the mobile home on the 3300 block of Cape Cod Drive. When a familiar green pickup rolled onto the street and killed its lights, Fabre stepped out to check.
Gunfire erupted from inside the vehicle—multiple rounds from two guns—striking him repeatedly. He was rushed to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he died around 2 a.m.; the coroner later ruled the case a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.
Friends later described Fabre as a hero who deliberately drew the shooters’ attention outside, diverting gunfire from people sleeping inside the home near Desert Inn Road and Nellis Boulevard. Their account paints a picture of a man who “would do anything for anybody,” stepping into danger to protect others as the barrage of bullets tore through the house.
Detectives linked the ambush to a confrontation the night before—an argument tied to a love triangle involving Fabre’s roommate, a woman, and 41-year-old Larry Rinker. According to arrest reports, Rinker and his friend, 40-year-old Jimmy Roper, had threatened Fabre and his roommate, then returned hours later in the pickup. On August 8, police arrested both men. Roper was booked on counts including open murder, conspiracy murder, discharging into an occupied structure, possession/use of a dangerous weapon, and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Rinker was booked on charges including open murder with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated stalking, discharging into an occupied structure, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, and domestic battery.
