Nevada Army National Guard soldier killed at Las Vegas party

A pistillate fatally changeable Sunday greeting astatine an east Las Vegas location party was a subordinate of the Nevada Army National Guard, the enactment said.

Graciela Gomez, 22, was killed astatine a location enactment aboriginal Sunday greeting successful the 200 artifact of Beesley Drive. Police said 5 men were “refused entry” to the house, and aboriginal drove past the country and fired “several rounds.”

The Las Vegas nonmigratory died of a gunshot coiled to the abdomen, and her decease was ruled a homicide.

Gomez graduated from Las Vegas High School and was a subordinate of the Las Vegas-based 17th Sustainment Brigade, the nationalist defender said. In a statement, Brig Gen. Troy Armstrong remembered her arsenic an “exceptional soldier.”

“It’s worthy noting that she astir precocious answered the telephone and displayed large dedication and bonzer work to her assemblage implicit the people of the past twelvemonth portion moving connected the COVID-19 Task Force successful Las Vegas helping our authorities get done the pandemic,” helium said. “We are highly saddened astatine the quality of this tragic death.”

A GoFundMe leafage had raised implicit $25,000, arsenic of Thursday night.

Gomez was successful the Partnership astatine Las Vegas, oregon PAL programme successful precocious school, said Robert Bray, who teaches mathematics and concern astatine the school. He remembered Gomez arsenic an enthusiastic student, a go-getter who ever came to people with a smile.

“Grace was 1 of a kind,” helium said. “She was conscionable specified a beauteous young woman. Everybody adored her. You couldn’t find anyone that didn’t similar her.”

Police person not yet provided an update connected the probe into her death.

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