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Nisha Taylor pleads with the public for information related to her brother's shooting death dur ...
Nisha Taylor pleads with the public for information related to her brother's shooting death during a press briefing at the Metropolitan Police Department's Bolden Area Command on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. Herman King Jr. was killed on May 20. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Hermanda Taylor, middle, wipes tears from her eyes during a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 18 ...
Hermanda Taylor, middle, wipes tears from her eyes during a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. Herman King Jr., Taylor's brother, was killed on May 20. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Hermanda Taylor pleads with the public at a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, for infor ...
Hermanda Taylor pleads with the public at a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, for information related to her brother's shooting death. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Metropolitan Police Department volunteer manager Sharon Harding holds signs during a press brie ...
Metropolitan Police Department volunteer manager Sharon Harding holds signs during a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, at the department's Bolden Area Command in Las Vegas. Police asked the public for information related to the killing of Herman King Jr. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Nisha Taylor, middle, wipes tears from her eyes during a press briefing with Las Vegas police o ...
Nisha Taylor, middle, wipes tears from her eyes during a press briefing with Las Vegas police on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Metro Capt. Carlos Hank addresses news media on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas during a p ...
Metro Capt. Carlos Hank addresses news media on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas during a press briefing related to Herman King Jr.’s shooting death. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Metro volunteer Linda Vish holds signs during a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in La ...
Metro volunteer Linda Vish holds signs during a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
A relative of Herman King Jr. holds a sign while wiping tears from her eyes during a press brie ...
A relative of Herman King Jr. holds a sign while wiping tears from her eyes during a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
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By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 18, 2020 - 11:31 am
 
Updated August 18, 2020 - 5:05 pm

Relatives of a 35-year-old man slain in May pleaded Tuesday for the shooter to surrender.

Capt. Carlos Hank and homicide Sgt. Michael Fletcher met with a dozen relatives of 35-year-old Herman King Jr., who was killed on May 20. King was fatally shot at the Villa Capri Apartments, 2801 J St.

The family members pleaded through sobs for the shooter to surrender so they could get closure by knowing what happened to their loved one.

“He was a great brother, a great father, a kind and loving person who wouldn’t hurt anyone,” King’s older sister Nisha Taylor said. “That’s why I don’t understand why.”

Another of King’s older sisters, Hermanda Taylor, said she doesn’t understand how her brother ended up shot.

“He would have given y’all everything he had and more,” she said. “So please, anyone who knows anything, please come forward, because this family has been torn apart.”

Those with information may contact Metro at 702-828-3521 or homicide@lvmpd.com or, to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

Contact Alexis Ford at aford@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexisdford on Twitter.

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