In the late hours of a Friday night in November 2014, the sound of gunshots pierced the air in a Las Vegas neighborhood, but when police arrived, they found nothing amiss. An hour later, another call from the same area, this time reporting a person possibly shot, led them to a grim discovery. Behind a residence in the 1300 block of Hassell Avenue, near Martin Luther King and Lake Mead boulevards, lay the body of a man.
The victim was identified as Monty Ramond Culverson, a 42-year-old male. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. His body was found by officers around 1 a.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2014. The Clark County Coroner's Office officially identified him and confirmed the cause of his death.
In the immediate aftermath of the discovery, investigators from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department began their work, canvassing the area and seeking information from the public. However, the trail appeared to go cold almost immediately. Homicide detectives were unable to determine a motive for the shooting and had not identified any potential suspects.
As the years have passed, the case of Monty Culverson's death has remained unsolved. Despite initial appeals for anyone with information to come forward, there have been no public announcements of arrests made or suspects identified in connection with his killing. His death was recorded as one of over a hundred homicides in Metro's jurisdiction that year, and his story ended without a resolution, leaving a lingering mystery in the Las Vegas valley.
