Clark County holds public review after DA declines criminal charges in Percy Hawkins shooting

William Janssen, the presiding officer for Clark County’s public fact‑finding review, opened the hearing by saying the Clark County District Attorney’s Office had made a preliminary determination that no criminal prosecution of the officers involved in the Oct. 4, 2024, death of Percy Hawkins was appropriate.

The review, required by Clark County ordinance 2.12 after a DA non‑prosecution determination, was a fact‑finding presentation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Force Investigation Team (FIT). Chief deputy district attorney Parker Brooks called Detective Andrew Ovens, a FIT investigator, who summarized investigative findings, body‑worn camera footage and crime‑scene photographs.

Detective Ovens said officers Trenzel Allen and Anthony Salinas responded to a disturbance at a casino parking lot near Tropicana and Coval Lane. Ovens identified Officer Allen as hired in November 2021 and Officer Salinas in February 2022. He said Officer Allen fired six rounds from a Glock 19 and Officer Salinas fired 12 rounds from a 9mm Smith & Wesson during the encounter.

Henderson resident Percy Lee Hawkins, 37, was identified as the decedent. Ovens said the Clark County coroner’s office, through Dr. Schaller, conducted an autopsy on Oct. 5, 2024, listing the cause of death as "multiple gunshot wounds" and the manner of death as "homicide." He also reported positive…