March 22 - The Clark County Coroner's Office has identified the two women who were killed earlier this week.
On Friday, the women were identified as 27-year-old Silian M. Jimenez-Bobadilla and 24-year-old Odaly E. Lopez-Diaz.
The coroner's office said both died from gunshot wounds and the their deaths have been ruled homicides.
Anyone with information about the killings is urged to contact the North Las Vegas Police Department at 702-633-9111. Anonymous tips can be made through Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or online at crimestoppersofnv.com.
March 19 - The deaths of two women are under investigation in North Las Vegas after their bodies were found early Tuesday morning.
According to information from the North Las Vegas Police Department, officers were called to the 2000 block of McCarran Street at approximately 6:40 a.m. on reports of shots fired.
Officers arriving in the area found two women suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Both women — one believed to be in her 20s and the other in her 30s — were pronounced dead at the scene.
"It's unfortunate definitely," said Austin Shultz . "I definitely hope they find who did it, you know, I'm not sure what happened but definitely wrong."
Shultz has lived in the area for roughly 10 years and said that it's not unusual to hear gunshots in the neighborhood.
"I heard it this morning but there's so much gunfire over here that I just brushed it off," Shultz said. "The neighborhood has just been changing over the years, you know, more violence and stuff like that."
Neither woman will be publicly identified until the Clark County coroner can notify their closest family members of their passing, NLVPD officials stated.
While the investigation is still in its preliminary stages, homicide detectives "believe this was an isolated incident," according to NLVPD.
Channel 13 spoke with friends of the women who said the victims were from El Salvador and left behind young children.
"No one deserves to die," Shultz said.
Anyone with information about the killings is urged to contact the North Las Vegas Police Department at 702-633-9111. Anonymous tips can be made through Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or online at crimestoppersofnv.com.
