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Clark County holds public fact‑finding review after DA declines prosecution in shooting that killed E.S.L. Torres Santiago
Summary
A Clark County public fact‑finding review presented FITs timeline, body‑worn camera and third‑party video, an autopsy ruling of homicide, and officers statements that they fired believing the decedent was an imminent threat; the DA made a preliminary determination that no criminal prosecution was appropriate.
A Clark County public fact‑finding review on the death of E.S.L. Torres Santiago presented the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Departments Force Investigation Teams account of a Dec. 28, 2023, officer‑involved shooting in which the district attorneys office made a preliminary determination that criminal charges against the officers were not appropriate.
Presiding officer Todd Leventhal opened the hearing by explaining the proceeding is not a trial but exists to "present the public with the essential facts surrounding the death" and noted Clark County Ordinance Chapter 2.12 requires the public review after the DAs preliminary decision.
Detective Gilberto Valenzuela of the FIT told the panel and public that officers located a 2013 Ford Transit Connect XL reported stolen three days earlier in a restaurant drive‑thru on the 1700 block of West Charleston Boulevard, which prompted a foot pursuit. Valenzuela said the pursuit led onto the UNLV medical campus where officers encountered the decedent and an officer‑involved shooting…
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