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Sebastian Gomez

Age : 34

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/08/2025

Location : 3100 block of Emmons Avenue (near Lake Mead Blvd and North Pecos Rd)

City : North Las Vegas

County : Clark

State : Nevada

Agency : North Las Vegas Police Department (NLVPD)

Officer(s) :Saul Macias, Julian Castro

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during domestic disturbance response

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/08/2025, at approximately 1:43 p.m., North Las Vegas Police Department officers responded to the 3100 block of Emmons Avenue, near Lake Mead Boulevard and North Pecos Road, after Gomez's mother called 911 about a domestic disturbance involving her 34-year-old son, Sebastian Gomez. She alleged that Gomez had struck her, was damaging vehicles in the neighborhood and was yelling threats. Police later said information provided to responding officers indicated that Gomez might be experiencing a mental health crisis and was reportedly off his medication.
Police encountered Gomez outside carrying a knife in each hand. Officers repeatedly ordered Gomez in both English and Spanish to put down the knives and surrender. Body-worn-camera recordings subsequently released by NLVPD document officers following Gomez while repeatedly directing him to drop the weapons.
Police alleged that Gomez initially walked away from officers and then moved rapidly toward them while still carrying the knives. The released body-camera footage shows Gomez moving toward the officers immediately before Officer Saul Macias and Officer Julian Castro opened fire. Both officers fired their service weapons, striking Gomez multiple times.
Officers requested emergency medical assistance, and Gomez was transported to University Medical Center, where he died. The Clark County coroner determined that Gomez died from multiple gunshot wounds and classified his death as a homicide.
NLVPD later disclosed that officers had previously responded to multiple incidents involving Gomez. Police alleged that those previous calls included domestic battery, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a protected person, resisting arrest and other disturbances. Police also reported previous encounters in which Gomez allegedly threatened neighbors and another incident in which officers encountered him armed during what police described as a mental health episode. These allegations and prior contacts were disclosed by NLVPD after the fatal shooting and were not criminal adjudications of Gomez's conduct in the final encounter.
Officer Saul Macias had served with the North Las Vegas Police Department since 2018, and Officer Julian Castro had served with the department since 2022. Both were placed on paid administrative leave following the killing. The shooting was NLVPD's third police shooting of 2025.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/police-man-shot-in-north-las-vegas-during-domestic-disturbance
https://www.fox5vegas.com/2025/08/09/domestic-disturbance-ends-deadly-north-las-vegas-police-shooting/