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March 29, 2024

Wife, police ask for help in bank shooting death investigation

Family of Amanpreet Singh gives Crime Stoppers donation in search of tips

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Amandeep Kaur, center, pleads for people to come forward with information about the murder of her husband, Amanpreet Singh. The business owner and father of two young boys was shot to death March 30 outside a Wells Fargo Bank near Sunset Road and Eastern Avenue. His family donated $5,000 to Crime Stoppers on Tuesday in hopes of generating more tips.

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KSNV coverage of wife, police plea for information in slaying of man outside bank, April 26, 2011.

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Investigators confer after a robbery attempt and shooting outside a Wells Fargo Bank at the corner of Sunset Road and Eastern Avenue on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.

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The wife of a 31-year-old man shot to death last month outside a Las Vegas bank described her husband today as a family man, a hard worker and a dreamer who left the world before fulfilling one desire.

Amanpreet Singh, a member of the Sikh religious community in Las Vegas, was shot multiple times about 4:30 p.m. March 30 outside the Wells Fargo Bank near Sunset Road and Eastern Avenue. He died later that evening.

"He made many promises to me and kept them all — except for the one to spend our lives together," his wife, Amandeep Kaur, said amid tears. "His life was taken by greedy people who do not value life."

To that end, his family members presented Crime Stoppers with a $5,000 donation Tuesday in hopes of luring people to come forward to help solve the crime — one they believe could have been motivated by Singh's ethnic appearance and turban.

"When he was shot, they stood on him and they muscled him," said Amar Chadha, a family friend. "That's something that really bothered us."

Metro Police Sgt. Steve Naegele stopped short of calling the homicide a hate crime but said the motivation behind the crime is still under investigation.

Police believe two male suspects, described as a passenger and driver, used a stolen vehicle to commit the crime before taking off in a separate vehicle, Naegele said. Police recovered the stolen vehicle, a white 2001 Dodge Stratus, and processed evidence found inside, he said.

Detectives pursued leads based on the "somewhat sketchy" description of the suspects, but none have panned out, Naegele said. He said detectives especially want business owners nearby on McLeod and Harrison drives to report if they saw any suspicious activity before or after the crime.

Chadha said Singh's family and friends want to bring justice to those responsible for the young father's murder.

Singh came to Las Vegas five years ago and owned several 7-Eleven stores across the valley. The day before he died, Singh had purchased a home, which was why he stopped twice at the Wells Fargo Bank on March 30, Chadha said.

Singh's murder further frightened Sikhs in Las Vegas, whose religion originates from a northern region of India, Chadha said. He estimated about 3,000 Sikhs live in the Las Vegas Valley.

"We are scared because we are family-oriented people," Chadha said. "We are American as anyone else can be. Our blood is red like everybody else's."

Anyone with information about the case is being asked to call Metro's homicide section at (702) 828-3521 and contact Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555 or visit www.crimestoppersofnv.com.

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