Avalos is charged with open murder in a parking-lot shooting near the Las Vegas Strip.

An open-murder charge is an accusation. It is not a conviction. Avalos, 21, was taken into custody Wednesday and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on open murder with the use of a deadly weapon and prohibited person in possession of a firearm, according to reporting that cites the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The shooting was Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, around 7 p.m. near the 4600 block of Grand Drive in the Harmon and Koval area east of the Strip. A booking and a charge list are process, not a verdict.

FOX 5 Vegas reported that patrol officers responding to gunfire found an adult male with gunshot wounds in a parking lot; medical personnel pronounced the victim dead at the scene. Homicide detectives said the victim and a male suspect had been in an argument, that the suspect pulled a handgun, shot the victim, and fled on foot before officers arrived, and that detectives later identified Avalos as the suspect. The Clark County Coroner’s Office had not yet publicly released the victim’s identity in that reporting.

Avalos is charged. Until a jury or a court enters a finding, treat every allegation as unproven. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.