On a summer evening in North Las Vegas, a disturbance at a residence on Belmont Street shattered the quiet of the neighborhood. It was July 8, 2016, when police were called to the 1800 block of the street near East Tonopah Avenue around 7 p.m. Inside a home, they discovered 32-year-old Antonio Hernandez, a Hispanic male, suffering from a critical gunshot wound.
Paramedics rushed Hernandez to University Medical Center, but his injuries proved fatal, and he died later that night.
The Clark County coroner officially ruled his death a homicide. Investigators from the North Las Vegas Police Department began to piece together the events of that evening, learning that a disturbance had preceded the fatal shooting. In the immediate aftermath, however, the trail for a suspect went cold, and no one was taken into custody.
As the investigation progressed, a breakthrough was made, leading to the arrest of a teenager in connection with the murder of Antonio Hernandez. The name of the suspect was not immediately released in initial reports. During a court appearance, the young man charged with the homicide was reportedly seen falling asleep during the proceedings. Authorities continued their investigation to understand the motive and the full circumstances that led to the tragic end of a man's life inside a North Las Vegas home.
