Man with custody 'vendetta' against ex-wife calmly walked into grocery store where she worked and shot her dead, along with new husband: Police

A Nevada antheral calmly walked into a Las Vegas market store wherever his ex-wife worked and changeable her and her caller husband dormant aft she made Facebook posts astir "the hate" and "vendetta" helium had against her pursuing a custody dispute, cops and witnesses say.

"He was wholly calm. No expression. No nothing," a shopper told the Las Vegas Review-Journal astir Alejandro Estrada, 43, who is accused of shooting his erstwhile spouse, Amanda Frias Rosas, and her caller husband, Victor Frias Rosas, astatine a Smith's market store successful the Silverado Ranch vicinity connected Tuesday.

"There was a volley of shots — similar 8 shots," the shopper, Paula Milton, recounted. "All of the abrupt you conscionable heard bang, bang, bang, bang."

Milton said Estrada was "calmly walking" done the Smith's earlier and aft the shooting until being tackled by a radical of bystanders outside. Witnesses told section media outlets that Estrada was carrying a handgun and a firearm successful a backpack. Police confirmed during a property league that helium had "several antithetic weapons" connected him.

Authorities were called aft the shooting and arrived astatine the country to find astatine slightest 3 individuals "subduing the suspect" aft allegedly taking a weapon distant from him. "The individuals … showed tremendous courage," a constabulary authoritative said during the presser.

The authoritative told reporters that Estrada and Amanda Frias Rosas "had immoderate custody issues that they person been dealing with lately," which boiled implicit arsenic they were getting acceptable to observe their 12-year-old son's birthday.

"You cognize what they had successful the buying cart erstwhile they got killed?" a co-worker astatine the Smith's, Arturo Salazar, told section Fox affiliate KVVU astir Amanda Frias Rosas and Victor Frias Rosas. "They had a barroom that said, 'Happy birthday.'"

On Facebook, Amanda Frias Rosas posted astir moving astatine the Smith's with Victor Frias Rosas portion experiencing custody-related problems with Estrada.

"The hatred you person for your ex should ne'er beryllium much than the emotion you person for your child," the ma said successful January 2025. "You're conscionable hurting your kid by hurting your ex. Good parents shouldn't person to beg oregon combat for a spot successful THEIR child's life!"

In September 2025, Amanda Frias Rosas shared a quote that said, "Anyone tin person a kid and telephone themselves 'a parent.' A existent genitor is idiosyncratic who puts that kid supra their ain selfish needs and wants."

She accompanied the connection with a Facebook presumption station saying, "And doesn't usage them arsenic pawns that wounded them to fulfill your vendetta."

Marriage records amusement that Amanda Frias Rosas and Victor Frias Rosas tied the knot successful February 2025 aft she and Estrada divided up successful 2023. According to section CBS affiliate KLAS, the Clark County territory attorney's bureau filed a announcement and uncovering of fiscal work connected March 6 that stated that Estrada — who had been ordered to wage $342 a period successful kid enactment — owed much than $2,800 arsenic of November 2025.

The 2 parents had associated ineligible custody, per KLAS.

Describing Victor Frias Rosas, a household person told KVVU, "This is idiosyncratic who's 1 of the nicest radical I've ever met. He and his wife. I mean, they're truthful down to earth. They helped everybody. I've ever seen a grin connected their face."

Estrada has been charged with 2 counts of unfastened murder, 8 counts of discharging a gun, and 1 number each of burglary portion successful possession of a firearm oregon deadly limb and aggravated stalking with usage of a deadly weapon. He was owed to look successful tribunal connected Wednesday.