Police Fatality Public Fact-Finding Review for the Death of Jeremiah Bouchard - May 27, 2026
Police Fatality Public Fact-Finding Review for the Death of Jeremiah Bouchard - May 27, 2026
This public hearing was held because the Clark County District Attorney's Office made a preliminary determination that no criminal prosecution of the officers involved in the death of Jeremiah Bouchard is appropriate, as required by Clark County Ordinance Chapter 2.12. The purpose was to present essential facts to the public. Ombudsman Michael Torriano represented the public and the Bouchard family. The hearing featured testimony from Detective Ubbins of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Force Investigation Team, who presented the investigation findings.
Discussion Items
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Detective Ubbins' Testimony: The incident occurred on January 24, 2025, in Boulder City, Nevada. Off-duty LVMPD Officer Aberra and his wife, retired LVMPD officer HM, each fired two rounds from nine-millimeter handguns, killing Jeremiah Bouchard (age 45). Bouchard had attacked victim ME (his former acquaintance) in her backyard, strangling and beating her. Officer Aberra, hearing screams, intervened, identified himself as a police officer, and helped ME to his front yard. Despite multiple verbal warnings from both Aberra and HM to stop and stay back, Bouchard advanced toward them. Both Aberra and HM fired, striking Bouchard multiple times. The autopsy listed cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds, manner homicide, and toxicology found THC (marijuana) in Bouchard's system. Civilian witnesses CL, EE, and CE corroborated the sequence of events, including Bouchard's continued advance. Video and audio evidence were presented, including a cell phone recording showing the confrontation.
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Ombudsman Questions: Mr. Torriano clarified that the investigation was handled by LVMPD due to a memorandum of understanding with Boulder City Police. Officer Aberra gave a voluntary statement with his attorney present 48 hours after the incident; HM also gave a statement. Neither Aberra nor HM were drug tested after the shooting. The detective explained that HM initially reported firing one shot but actually fired two, a common memory discrepancy under stress.
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Public Written Questions: The presiding officer read submitted questions from the public. Key answers included: Officer Aberra announced his identity when he entered the backyard; neither Aberra nor HM identified as the first shooter; HM's misremembering of shots fired is typical in high-stress incidents; Bouchard removed his own sweatshirt; 911 was called by Aberra (who handed the phone to his wife) and also by a neighbor (CE); there was no evidence of enticement; multiple witnesses observed Bouchard take a step forward before being shot.
Key Outcomes
- The Clark County District Attorney's Office had previously determined that no criminal prosecution of the officers was appropriate, and this hearing served as the required public review.
- No formal determination regarding cause or manner of death was rendered at the conclusion of the hearing.
- The full video of the proceeding is available on the Clark County website.
- The investigation file is considered public record.
Meeting Transcript
Heading over to today's proceeding. This review is being held because the Clark County District Attorney's Office has made a preliminary determination that no criminal prosecution of the officers involved in the death of Jeremiah Bouchard is appropriate. Clark County Ordinance Chapter 2.12 requires a public review following such a determination. This is not a trial. The purpose of today's proceeding is to present the public with the essential facts surrounding the death of Jeremiah Jeremiah Bouchard. Chief Deputy District Attorney Christopher Hamner will present today's fact-finding review on behalf of the district attorney's office. He will determine the witness or witnesses to be called. The ordinance does not provide subpoena power on my behalf and does not allow for any other party to call witnesses. Michael Torriano has been appointed as the ombudsman. He represents both the public and the Bouchard family. He will have the opportunity to ask questions of the witness or witnesses. The procedure for questioning witnesses shall be informal with a view to providing the public with relevant information regarding the use of force and the rules of evidence shall not be strictly enforced. Members of the public observing this review may submit proposed written questions on the forums located in the back of this room and present it to one of the officers. I will ask the question, unless I determine that is irrelevant, redundant, or an abuse of the review process. At the conclusion of this review, no formal determination regarding the cause and manner of death shall be rendered. Do either of the parties have anything else to add? No, sir. No, Your Honor. Okay. If not, Mr. Hammer, please feel free to call your first witness. Thank you. May I proceed? Thank you. Sir, uh what if you could please state your name? Detective Ubbins. Um and detective, what do you do for a living? I'm a detective with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department assigned to the force investigation team. If you could explain a little bit about what the force investigative team does. We investigate officer involved shootings and custody deaths and violent crimes against police officers. All right. I want to turn your attention to a PowerPoint that uh you and your team prepared. Um we can see it up here on the screen. When when did this event actually occur? What was the date? It was January 24th, 2025. And geographically, what part of Clark County were we in? Boulder City, Nevada. Okay. Uh, did it occur around the 800 block of 6th Street? Yes. All right. I see that we've moved on to this particular slide. We see a map here. What's significant about what we're looking at here? This is the area of the officer involved shooting. It occurred on 6th Street, uh, just east of Avenue G. Okay. If you could tell us a little bit about the subject officers. The subject officer is Officer Aberra.
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