Joe Rimmer, 22, male, was found fatally shot at an apartment complex in the 5800 block of West Lake Mead Boulevard, near North Jones Boulevard, in Las Vegas on the afternoon of Saturday, November 15, 2014. Officers responded around 4:30 p.m., and the Clark County coroner later identified him publicly as Joseph Rimmer of Las Vegas.
From the outset, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police indicated the shooting might have been accidental and described the possibility that Rimmer had unintentionally
shot himself. The exact cause of death was not immediately released by the coroner at that time, and police did not announce any suspects. There were no reports of arrests connected to the incident in the available coverage.
His death is memorialized on GunMemorial.org, which records that he was lost to gun violence in Las Vegas on November 15, 2014, further aligning with contemporaneous local reporting and offering a place for the community to remember him.
