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DATE: 1/1/16
TIME: Noon
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-killed-north-las-vegas-shooting-0
ADDRESS: 4000 block of Smokey Fog Avenue
NAME: Patrick Fleming
GENDER: Male
AGE: 44
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Patrick Fleming was shot and killed on New Year's Day inside a town house in the 4000 block of Smokey Fog Avenue after an argument with Shawn Glover. Several people, including children, were inside the home at the time of the shooting but were uninjured, police said. Fleming pleaded guilty to a felony disorderly conduct charge in 2010 and a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in 2001 in Las Vegas Justice Court. In an online fundraiser Patrick "Noonie" Fleming's wife called the man's death "untimely."
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Shawn Lynn Glover Jr., 29, arrested Jan. 4.
SUSPECT BIO: At 18 years old, Glover was charged with murder in the death of a 21-year-old man in North Las Vegas. After seven years of proceedings in Clark County District Court, he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to a minimum of six years in prison and was released Sept. 2, 2014.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Drug-related
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.2761616
LONGITUDE: -115.0866615
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DATE: 1/2/16
TIME: 3 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/1-killed-1-injured-early-morning-siegel-suites-shooting
ADDRESS: 5011 E. Craig Road
NAME: Antwone Deonte Smith
GENDER: Male
AGE: 28
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Antwone Smith was approached by two men the morning of Jan. 2, when the pair started a fight. The fight escalated, and Smith was shot multiple times. He died at University Medical Center. Another man was also struck by gunfire and hospitalized in stable condition. Antwone pleaded guilty to two felony home invasion charges and one charge of battery with a deadly weapon in Clark County District Court in 2009.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not released the names of any persons of interest or suspect descriptions.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Fight/Dispute
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.239713
LONGITUDE: -115.063694
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DATE: 1/11/16
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/argument-about-college-grades-led-henderson-fatal-shooting
ADDRESS: 978 Painted Pony Drive
NAME: Kevin Clanton
GENDER: Male
AGE: 54
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Henderson
DECEASED BIO: Daron Clanton, 22, told police he shot his father multiple times after the pair argued about the younger Clanton's grades. Kevin Clanton believed his son was enrolled at UNLV and wanted to see his grades. He became upset when his son told him he hadn't been enrolled in college for more than a year, Daron Clanton said. Daron said he ran to the master bedroom and grabbed a gun off a dresser after his father punched him multiple times. He told police he fired as his father was charging at him, but police said the position of the older Clanton's body in the hallway suggests he had not moved toward the master bedroom or Daron. Daron and his mother refused to perform CPR on the dying man, police noted. Daron was arrested the day of the shooting and faces an open murder charge in Henderson Justice Court.
JURISDICTION: Henderson
SUSPECT INFO: Daron Clanton, 22, was arrested Jan. 11
SUSPECT BIO: Daron Clanton was released from the Henderson Detention Center with a $200,000 surety bond on June 20. He is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 22.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.0764319
LONGITUDE: -115.0521
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DATE: 1/14/16
TIME: 7:13 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/police-name-person-interest-thursdays-deadly-shooting-rancho
ADDRESS: 3020 Riverside Drive, Rancho and Vegas drives
NAME: Bacilio Garcia Vasquez
GENDER: Male
AGE: 76
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Bacilio Garcia Vasquez and another man pulled up to their relatives' Riverside Drive house the evening of Jan. 14, parked and walked up to three family members on the driveway — including Gerardo Campos-Torres. Everyone began arguing and Campos-Torres, one of the people originally on the driveway, fired several shots, striking Vasquez and the man he arrived with. A gun recovered at the scene belonged to the second man who was shot, police said. Police have not arrested Campos-Torres and said the motive for the feud and the shooting were unknown.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Gerardo Campos-Torres, 37, was named a person of interest Jan. 15. He has not been arrested in connection with the shooting.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.185002
LONGITUDE: -115.183667
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DATE: 1/23/16
TIME: 4:20 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/1-dead-after-early-morning-homicide-east-valley
ADDRESS: 1695 Mary Jane Drive
NAME: Arthur Earl Cowell
GENDER: Male
AGE: 23
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Arthur Cowell was riding his bicycle when he was killed in a drive-by shooting in the east valley on Jan. 23. According to police, he was shot by someone in a dark, full-size 2014 or 2015 Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra pickup. The 23-year-old Las Vegas man stumbled into a nearby apartment complex parking lot before he collapsed. He was taken to University Medical Center where he died from multiple gunshot wounds.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests. Police said a dark, full-size 2014 or 2015 Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra pickup was seen on surveillance video heading east on Owens Avenue at 4:18 a.m. As it pulls past the bicyclist, someone inside the truck opens fire. The driver then turned left on Mary Jane Drive and sped away. The truck was last seen turning right on Stanley Avenue going east.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1899023
LONGITUDE: -115.0703597
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DATE: 1/25/16
TIME: 9:45 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-arrested-monday-morning-homicide-north-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 1200 block of Ferguson Avenue
NAME: Lupe Marie Brown
GENDER: Female
AGE: 43
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Lupe Marie Brown, 43, was found unresponsive in a North Las Vegas home after police said she was stabbed multiple times with a metal knife sharpener. According to his arrest report, Brown's boyfriend, 39-year-old Marland Jackson, told police he had been smoking meth with Brown all night and started stabbing the woman all over her body while she was asleep because she had lied to him. Jackson was arrested in connection with the woman's death and faces an open murder charge.
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Marland Jackson is being held at the Clark County Detention Center. He was found competent to stand trial in March, but a trial date has not been set yet. Jackson was convicted in Clark County for destruction of property and car theft in 1996. In 2014, Jackson was found guilty in North Las Vegas of child abuse for leaving a youth in a hot car.
SUSPECT BIO: Marland Jackson is being held at the Clark County Detention Center. He was found competent to stand trial in March, and is due to appear in District Court on Aug. 23. Jackson was convicted in Clark County for destruction of property and car theft in 1996. In 2014, Jackson was found guilty in North Las Vegas of child abuse for leaving a youth in a hot car.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple stab wounds
LATITUDE: 36.2095
LONGITUDE: -115.126238
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DATE: 1/27/16
TIME: 8:23 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/stabbings/arrest-made-connection-january-stabbing-death
ADDRESS: 2000 block of Santa Rita Drive
NAME: Yaudis Venzant-Diaz
GENDER: Male
AGE: 41
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Yaudis Venzant-Diaz was stabbed to death after a smoking session among friends escalated into a fight. Police said Venzant-Diaz's girlfriend invited Brandon Alexander Han and his girlfriend over to smoke marijuana. Venzant-Diaz arrived shortly after to apologize to his girlfriend for a fight they had earlier that day and became upset when his girlfriend's friend accused him of trying to sell his girlfriend's clothes to her. Venzant-Diaz poked the woman in the shoulder and Han stepped in to intervene and led the other man outside. Venzant-Diaz's girlfriend told police she saw Han make a stabbing motion toward her boyfriend's abdomen and then he ran. Han's girlfriend gave police the same story but said the group had been smokiing methamphetamine and not pot, a police report says.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Brandon Alexander Han, 27, was arrested April 5 in connection with the death of Venzant-Diaz.
SUSPECT BIO: Brandon Han's jury trial for murder with a deadly weapon is scheduled to begin Aug 29. Han's defense battled with prosecutors throughout July over whether pictures could be used at trial, whether to call Venzant-Diaz a "victim," and other issues.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Drug-related, Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple stab and incise wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1469286
LONGITUDE: -115.1501228
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DATE: 1/27/16
TIME: 7:23 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/one-dead-after-northeast-valley-homicide#st_refDomain=t.co&st_refQuery=/Js00sptVC2
ADDRESS: 3550 Lake Mead (Adobe Villas apartment complex)
NAME: Kevin Camacho
GENDER: Male
AGE: 21
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Police said Javon Robinson may have posed as a buyer for goods Kevin Camacho sold online. Camacho's parents told police their son often bought things in bulk and sold them on websites such as Offer Up and Craigslist. Based on text messages they found on Camacho's phone between him and someone with an unsaved number, police said the 21-year-old North Las Vegas man went to an apartment complex to meet with a buyer. Witnesses described a man matching Robinson's description to police, and detectives arrested him two days after the shooting. They found a phone matching the number in Camacho's phone, a gray hoodie, handguns and ammunition at Robinson's house.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Javon Robinson, 24, arrested April 13
SUSPECT BIO: Javon Robinson was arrested in 2011 and charged with felony possession of a stolen vehicle. The case was still open when he was arrested in connection with Kevin Camacho's death in January.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Robbery
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1960351
LONGITUDE: -115.0964621
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DATE: 2/9/16
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-killed-southeast-valley-shooting
ADDRESS: 2977 Kennewick Drive (Sunrise Hospital)
NAME: Michael Allen Guinn
GENDER: Male
AGE: 42
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Michael Allen Guinn, 42, was shot and killed outside a southeast valley home on Feb. 9. Officers were called just after 1:30 p.m. to the 2900 block of Kennewick Drive, near the intersection of East Vegas Valley Drive and South Mojave Road, where police found Guinn with a gunshot wound to the chest. He died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. Devin Aluague, 17, was arrested in connection with the shooting a couple of weeks later. Police have said Guinn had a loud argument with a man and a woman in front of the house before the shooting. One of them shot the man from a vehicle. Aluague was arrested at a home in the 1300 block of Cashman Drive, booked into the Clark County Detention Center, and certified as an adult to face a murder charge.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Devin Aluague, 17, was arrested Feb. 19.
SUSPECT BIO: Devin Aluague's jury trial is set to begin Dec. 5.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.13566
LONGITUDE: -115.10508
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DATE: 2/10/16
TIME: 7:34 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/one-dead-after-shooting-home-near-lone-mountain
ADDRESS: Lone Mountain, 4740 Sweeping Glen St.
NAME: Aaron Matthews
GENDER: Male
AGE: 32
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Aaron Matthews, 32, was shot to death on a northwest valley driveway Feb. 10. Police arrested his live-in girlfriend of four years, Catherine Brewington, 54, in connection with the event. Brewington told police she thought he was going to shoot her, but police records said evidence at the scene told a different story. She told police that Matthews confronted her in the driveway, and she shot him in the chest with a shotgun when she thought he was reaching for a handgun. A neighbor and Brewington told police the couple were facing each other on the driveway, but police found Matthews lying on his side with a large gunshot wound to the right side of his back. Brewington was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center where she faces a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Catherine Brewington, 54, arrested Feb. 11.
SUSPECT BIO: Catherine Brewington is being held on $150,000 cash bail and is due in court for a jury trial April 17.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence, Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the back
LATITUDE: 36.2474049
LONGITUDE: -115.3311009
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DATE: 2/12/16
TIME: 11:45 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/1-man-dead-friday-night-shooting-las-vegas-home
ADDRESS: 1948 Cindysue St., near West Lake Mead Boulevard and North Rancho Drive
NAME: Leon Max Velasquez
GENDER: Male
AGE: 21
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Leon Max Valdez was shot while inside a vehicle parked in the central valley the night of Feb. 12. Police said the shooter may have been inside Valdez's car at the time of the shooting. It's unclear what led to the shooting. Valdez leaves behind a toddler daughter and his young fiance.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not released the names of any persons of interest or suspect descriptions.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wounds to the head and torso
LATITUDE: 36.194121
LONGITUDE: -115.1867
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DATE: 2/15/16
TIME: 11:15 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/coroner-ids-man-shot-death-southeast-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 4555 Karen Ave., within Meadow Vista Apartments just southeast of Lamb Boulevard and Sahara Avenue
NAME: Trevon Roland
GENDER: Male
AGE: 24
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Trevon Roland was a father of three. Police said Roland was yelling back and forth with Lacy Howard, 44, before shots rang out Feb. 15 in a southeast valley apartment complex. Howard was named as person of interest, but was killed a month later. Roland's homicide case was closed the next day. He faced a charge of misdemeanor battery from 2015 at the time of his death.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Lacy Howard, 44, was named as a suspect. He was later killed in a seperate incident.
SUSPECT BIO: Lacy Howard was convicted in 1994 of one count of attempted robbery with a deadly weapon and three counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, court records show. He was sentenced to 15 years prison. He was quickly announced as a person of interet in connection to Trevon Roland's death, but Howard was killed March 26 after entering a unit at south valley apartment complex armed and confronting two people he did not know inside. The occupants fired, and Howard fired, too. A resident was hit but not seriously injured, and Howard was killed.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.14016
LONGITUDE: -115.07536
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DATE: 2/17/16
TIME: 10:22 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/mystery-surrounds-second-fire-home-where-family-was-left-die-november-arson
ADDRESS: University Medical enter (after November fire at 52 Sherrill Circle)
NAME: Angelica Jimenez
GENDER: Female
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Angelica Jimenez died Feb. 17 from burns sustained in November, when she and a few relatives were left bound and bloody as their home burned in an intentionally set fire. Although Jimenez's death happened months later, the day of the fire Mario Jimenez, a relative, also died and one other person was hospitalized for severe burns. The case is still open and police have not named a suspect. She did not have a local criminal record.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Malik Watson, 27, Darrin Rafael Wilder, 26, and Hakim Rydell Blanche-Jones, 26, were arrested at different times.
SUSPECT BIO: Malik Watson, Darrin Rafael Wilder, and Hakim Rydell Blanche-Jones pleaded not guilty Aug. 16 to murder, kidnapping, arson, burglary and robbery charges.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Extensive thermal burns
LATITUDE: 36.1620933
LONGITUDE: -115.0798
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DATE: 2/19/16
TIME: 1:30 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/2-dead-1-wounded-shooting-near-las-vegas-strip
ADDRESS: Harmon Avenue near The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
NAME: Jennifer Chicas
GENDER: Female
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: California
DECEASED BIO: Jennifer Chicas left California with her best friend, Melissa Mendoza, and Jerraud Jackson to attend a Friday graduation for Jackson's relative in Las Vegas. Police said a fight broke out in the Planet Hollywood parking garage, then both parties took off in cars. The shooter's car followed Mendoza and her two friends, and shots rang out soon near the intersection of Harmon and Polaris avenues. Chicas was left to die in the street. Mendoza drove the car to The Cosmopolitan valet where she and Jackson — also shot — sought help. Mendoza died at University Medical Center.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Omar Talley, 30, was arrested Feb. 20
SUSPECT BIO: Omar Talley graduated from Palo Verde High School in 2001 and studied at the College of Southern Nevada, according to his Facebook page. He faces multiple charges, including murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon, discharging a gun at/into an occupied vehicle, discharging a gun from a vehicle, and possession of a gun by a prohibited person. Talley was arrested in 2009 on charges of kidnapping, pandering and abuse, neglect or endangerment of a child. He was acquitted of the kidnapping charges in 2010 but sentenced to the Nevada Department of Corrections for the other charges by the Las Vegas District Court. In 2008, Talley was fined $2,000 and sentenced to community service and counseling for other counts of pandering and attempted pandering. In the same year Talley was also arrested and charged with battery, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records. On June 26, Talley was declared incompetent to stand trial due to mental health issues and was referred for treatment at the Lake’s Crossing Center in Sparks.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight, Gang-related
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1077865
LONGITUDE: -115.1762659
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DATE: 2/19/16
TIME: 1:30 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/2-dead-1-wounded-shooting-near-las-vegas-strip
ADDRESS: Harmon Avenue near The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
NAME: Melissa Mendoza
GENDER: Female
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: California
DECEASED BIO: Melissa Mendoza left California with her best friend, Jennifer Chicas, and other friend Jerraud Jackson the Thursday before the early Friday shooting. They were in town to attend a Friday graduation for Jackson's relative in Las Vegas. Police said a fight broke out in the Planet Hollywood parking garage, then both parties took off in cars. The shooter's car followed Mendoza and her two friends, and shots rang out near the intersection of Harmon and Polaris avenues. Chicas was left to die in the street. Mendoza drove the car to The Cosmopolitan valet where she and Jackson — also shot — sought help. Mendoza died at University Medical Center.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Omar Talley, 30, was arrested Feb. 20
SUSPECT BIO: Omar Talley graduated from Palo Verde High School in 2001 and studied at the College of Southern Nevada, according to his Facebook page. He faces multiple charges, including murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon, discharging a gun at/into an occupied vehicle, discharging a gun from a vehicle, and possession of a gun by a prohibited person. Talley was arrested in 2009 on charges of kidnapping, pandering and abuse, neglect or endangerment of a child. He was acquitted of the kidnapping charges in 2010 but sentenced to the Nevada Department of Corrections for the other charges by the Las Vegas District Court. In 2008, Talley was fined $2,000 and sentenced to community service and counseling for other counts of pandering and attempted pandering. In the same year Talley was also arrested and charged with battery, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records. On June 26, Talley was declared incompetent to stand trial due to mental health issues and was referred for treatment at the Lake’s Crossing Center in Sparks.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight, Gang-related
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1077865
LONGITUDE: -115.1762659
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DATE: 2/20/16
TIME: 1:16 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-shot-killed-overnight-east-valley
ADDRESS: Marion Drive and Lake Mead Boulevard
NAME: Heriberto Marcial Diaz
GENDER: Male
AGE: 60
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Heriberto Marcial Diaz had just gotten off the bus and was walking a short distance to his home when a group of black men in their late teens to early 20s swarmed him, robbed him and shot him, police have said. Diaz did not have a criminal record and was the sole provider for his family. The only thing taken was his cellphone.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Police have described the perpetrators as a group of black men in their late teens to early 20s. No arrests have been made.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Robbery
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1959232
LONGITUDE: -115.0731865
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DATE: 2/23/16
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-killed-shooting-near-nellis-air-force-base-early-tuesday
ADDRESS: 4555 Las Vegas Blvd. North, near Craig Road, across from Nellis Air Force Base.
NAME: Tyler Louis White
GENDER: Male
AGE: 24
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Henderson
DECEASED BIO: Tyler White was gunned down in a northeast valley apartment complex after an argument, which police said may have been drug-related. He left behind a young son. "He was in a bad spot," White's childhood friend Wiggy Clements, 23, said. "Every time I saw him, I told him to stand on his feet, and he'd try, and he'd fall in a hole again." White had a small local criminal record, with no violent crimes.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Colton Brantano and Sherri Esquibel, both 21, were arrested Feb. 26
SUSPECT BIO: Colton Brantano had a relatively minor criminal record that included a DUI before his arrest for murder. He pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge on May 18 and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison followed by an additional three to seven years for using a deadly weapon. His girlfriend, Sherri Lee Esquibel, faced one charge of accesory to murder, but the case was dismissed on July 11. She did not have a criminal record before her arrest.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Drug-related, Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Mutliple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.2403802
LONGITUDE: -115.0548
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DATE: 2/23/16
TIME: 3:23 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-dead-after-shooting-near-interstate-15-and-desert-inn
ADDRESS: 3230 W. Desert Inn Road, near Rancho Drive
NAME: Christopher Allen Downie
GENDER: Male
AGE: 23
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Downie was found fatally shot in the passenger seat of a car near Desert Inn and Interstate 15. A robbery may have occurred before the shooting, but it's unclear why it escalated to gunshots. Downie had a small criminal record, including possessing drug paraphenalia. Downie went to Desert Rose High School, according to his Facebook page. His family created a page on GoFundMe asking for help with funeral costs.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Angelica Echevarria and Osbelio Cordoba, both 26, were arrested March 8
SUSPECT BIO: Angelica Echevarria has a criminal record, including carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and soliciting prostitution. She faces an open murder charge and robbery with a deadly weapon charge. Echevarria has been placed on house arrest and is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing in Las Vegas Justice Court on Aug. 18. Osbelio Cordoba also had a criminal record, including previous drug possession and burglary charges. He also faces murder and robbery charges. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 18.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Robbery
CAUSE OF DEATH: Mutliple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1309355
LONGITUDE: -115.1850969
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DATE: 2/25/16
TIME: 3 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/burglary-suspect-dies-after-being-shot-las-vegas-home
ADDRESS: East Viking Road near Mountain Vista Street (later died at Sunrise Hospital)
NAME: Victor Lamar Jones
GENDER: Male
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Police have said Victor Lamar Jones, 27, was fatally shot by a property manager while Jones was trespassing at a vacant southeast valley house on the afternoon of Feb. 25. Two of the house's property managers were called to the home on East Viking Road after a locksmith hired to prepare the property for rental said someone may have broken in. One of the managers, who had a concealed weapons permit, found Jones in the backyard and drew his gun. Jones attacked that manager and was shot in the back during the fight, police said. He died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center less than an hour later.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not named any suspects or persons of interest or announced any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Defensive
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the back
LATITUDE: 36.118816
LONGITUDE: -115.0773117
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DATE: 2/27/16
TIME: 8:36 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/two-shot-one-dead-central-valley
ADDRESS: 1000 block of Weaver Drive (died at University Medical Center)
NAME: Ronald Abram
GENDER: Male
AGE: 56
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Ronald Abram, 56, was killed in a double shooting at a party on the night of Feb. 27. Police have said Abram and another person were involved in a confrontation and were shot while they were all at an apartment party on the 1000 block of Weaver Drive, northeast of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Owens Avenue. Abram died at University Medical Center. Police arrested Terrell Moore, 24, in connection with the shooting.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Terrell Moore, 24, was arrested April 29.
SUSPECT BIO: Terrell Moore was ordered to be released on his own recognizance with intensive supervision on March 17, and the case against Moore was dismissed June 20.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1899468
LONGITUDE: -115.1542677
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DATE: 2/28/16
TIME: 1:50 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/1-dead-1-injured-sunday-morning-car-shooting-central-valley
ADDRESS: Decatur Boulevard and Evergreen Avenue
NAME: Tiyona M. McCladdie
GENDER: Female
AGE: 25
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Tiyona McCladdie, 25, was fatally shot Feb. 27. She was in a car with a man when the two were set upon by a shooter in another car. Police were called about 1:50 a.m. to the 700 block of South Decatur Boulevard, near Evergreen Avenue, where they found the two with gunshot wounds. Someone in the second vehicle, described only as a “dark car,” fired multiple rounds into the first vehicle and fled. The car McCladdie was driving rolled a short distance, went over a median and stopped at Decatur and Evergreen. McCladdie was shot in the head and died at the scene.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not identified any suspects or persons of interest, only that the gunshots that killed Tiyona McCladdie came from a "dark car."
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1629526
LONGITUDE: -115.2061
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DATE: 3/5/16
TIME: 6:50 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-shot-dead-near-boulder-highway
ADDRESS: 5390 Boulder Highway near Tropicana Avenue
NAME: Bradley Jason From
GENDER: Male
AGE: 38
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Bradley Jason From, 38, was killed March 5. Police found the man lying in a parking lot with a gunshot wound. Investigators said an argument escalated to a fight and resulted in a shooting.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.104286
LONGITUDE: -115.0549
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DATE: 3/7/16
TIME: 5:35 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/couple-dead-northwest-valley-murder-suicide#st_refDomain=t.co&st_refQuery=/8p2iGzZpIc
ADDRESS: 4000 block of North Browndeer Circle
NAME: Starsha Renee Williams
GENDER: Female
AGE: 29
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Starsha Williams, 29, was killed by her longtime boyfriend on March 7, the same day she was granted a protection order against him. She was granted the order in a hearing in the morning, and police said Michael Betterson, 29, shot and killed her that night before the paperwork had even been served. Betterson took his own life afterward. The mother of two was a nurse’s aide at Bunker Elementary School.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Michael Betterson, 29, turned the gun on himself after killing his longtime girlfriend, Starsha Williams.
SUSPECT BIO: Michael Betterson faced misdemeanor domestic-violence-related battery charges in August and September 2007 that were later dismissed. An obituary for Betterson said only that he worked in public transportation.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.2344
LONGITUDE: -115.2509
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DATE: 3/8/16
TIME: 11:36 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/woman-found-dead-street-after-tuesday-night-shooting
ADDRESS: 5800 block of Delabarre Place
NAME: Chante Nicole Johnson
GENDER: Female
AGE: 26
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Chante Nicole Johnson, 26, was shot multiple times on the night of March 8. Police said the shooting happened in the 5800 block of Delabarre Place, near North Jones Boulevard and West Smoke Ranch Road, about 11:35 p.m. Johnson’s body was found in the street. A dark-colored SUV was seen speeding away about the time of the shooting, but no suspects are in custody.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not announced any arrests or released any suspect descriptions, saying only that a dark-colored SUV was seen speeding area about the time of the shooting.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds to the head
LATITUDE: 36.20614
LONGITUDE: -115.2212
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DATE: 3/8/16
TIME: 9 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/police-investigating-shooting-death-man-northwest-valley-strip-mall
ADDRESS: Southwest corner of Rancho and Cheyenne Avenue
NAME: Jamal Hankins
GENDER: Male
AGE: 23
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Jamal Hankins, 23, was fatally shot March 8 after a fight in front of a small smoke shop on the southwest corner of Rancho Drive and Cheyenne Avenue. He was shot once just in front of the smoke shop, and accounts from at least 10 witnesses suggest the man then tried to run away before he was shot again. The unarmed man died in the parking lot. Andy Taylor, 53, was arrested in connection with the shooting.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Andy Taylor pleaded guilty June 27 to one count of voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon and one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He was sentenced to serve four to 10 years in prison.
SUSPECT BIO: Andy Taylor pleaded guilty June 27 to one count of voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon and one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 15.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to right anterior lateral chest
LATITUDE: 36.2170756
LONGITUDE: -115.2119608
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DATE: 3/18/16
TIME: 11:40 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/suspect-facing-murder-charges-north-las-vegas-attack
ADDRESS: 4400 block of Nestos Valley Avenue
NAME: Peter H. Stebbins
GENDER: Male
AGE: 55
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Peter Stebbins was killed in his home on March 18. Stebbins, 55, worked in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s packaging center. Police were called to the 4400 block of Nestos Valley Avenue for a disturbance call at the home and found Stebbins dead upstairs and a 71-year-old roommate injured in the living room. Sean Szymborski, 23, was arrested in connection with the attack. Szymborski also lived at the home.Szymborski told detectives the roommates “kept messing with me and picking on me,” adding that he “snapped” that morning but planned the attacks and acted alone, according to police records.
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Sean Szymborski, 23, arrested March 18.
SUSPECT BIO: Sean Szymborski was charged with domestic-related battery in 2005 and 2012, according to North Las Vegas court records. The 2005 case was transferred to juvenile court and Szymborski pleaded no contest to the 2012 charge. On May 20, a District Court judge ordered Szymborksi be sent to Lake's Crossing, a state-run center for evaluating and treating offenders who have been referred there because of competency issues. Court minutes from May 20 indicate "defendent has medical records going back to age 8 showing mental illness."
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Asphyxia, suffocation and manual strangulation
LATITUDE: 36.263216
LONGITUDE: -115.2021
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DATE: 3/19/16
TIME: 2:30 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/police-arrest-suspect-fatal-stabbing-near-downtown-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 300 block of North 16th Street
NAME: Antonio Leon-Mendoza
GENDER: Male
AGE: 31
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Antonio Leon-Mendoza, 31, was stabbed to death March 19. Police saw a man chasing a woman in the area of Bruce Street and Stewart Avenue. Officers detained the man, and the woman led the officers to a man — later identified as Leon-Mendoza — who was suffering from multiple stab wounds. He died at University Medical Center. Julio Aguero-Alvarez, 34, was arrested in connection with the attack and faces charges of murder with a deadly weapon and attempted murder with a deadly weapon.Police said he argued with Leon-Mendoza over the woman before the stabbing.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Julio Aguero-Alvarez, 34, was arrested March 19.
SUSPECT BIO: Julio Aguero-Alvarez pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and attempted murder on June 27. A sentenceing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 17.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Love triangle
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple stab wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1664524
LONGITUDE: -115.1268221
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DATE: 3/26/16
TIME: 3 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/1-dead-1-hurt-central-valley-shooting
ADDRESS: 3770 Swenson Street
NAME: Lacy Howard
GENDER: Male
AGE: 44
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: When Lacy Howard, 44, was killed in a central valley apartment complex in the early morning hours of March 26, he was the prime suspect in another homicide case. Howard was killed just after 3 a.m. inside a unit at the Shelter Island apartment complex on the 3700 block of Swenson Street, near Twain Avenue. Police said Howard entered the apartment and was confronted by two armed people inside. (They were not arrested)Howard was convicted in 1994 of one count of attempted robbery with a deadly weapon and three counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, court records show. He was sentenced to 15 years prison. Las Vegas police at the time were seeking Howard in connection with the fatal shooting of Trevon Roland, 24, on Feb. 15.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: No arrest
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Defensive
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1209225
LONGITUDE: -115.1479864
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DATE: 3/26/16
TIME: 2:15 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/man-fatally-shot-inside-vehicle-central-valley-early-saturday-morning
ADDRESS: South Jones Boulevard, near West Rochelle Avenue
NAME: Ernesto Chacon
GENDER: Male
AGE: 24
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Ernesto Chacon, 24, was shot in the head inside his car early in the morning of March 26.Police responded about 2 a.m. to a parking lot in the 4300 block of South Jones Boulevard, near West Rochelle Avenue. Officers found Chacon in his vehicle. Police said Chacon was shot by a passenger when he parked the vehicle. He died on the scene.Alexis Gallardo, 20, was arrested in connection with the shooting and faces a charge of murder with a deadly weapon.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Alexis Gallardo is being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder with a deadly weapon. His jury trial is scheduled to begin on Oct. 11.
SUSPECT BIO: Alexis Gallardo is being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder with a deadly weapon and is due in court on Aug. 11, when his defense will argue that a reasonable bail be set. His jury trial is scheduled to begin on Oct. 11.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1106353
LONGITUDE: -115.22495
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DATE: 3/29/16
TIME: 7:40 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/man-custody-after-homicide-car-crash-near-unlv
ADDRESS: Tropicana Avenue and Spencer Street (Tropicana Royale Apartments)
NAME: Chelsey Michelle Lagle
GENDER: Female
AGE: 19
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Chelsey Michelle Lagle, 19, was fatally stabbed multiple times on the night of March 29. Lagle, a native of Lancaster, California, worked at KFC and was a fan of the role-playing video game "League of Legends." Police arrested her boyfriend in connection with her death. Skyler Fowler, 26, was arrested after crashing a car into a convenience store near their apartment. He was naked and covered in blood.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Skyler J. Fowler, 26, arrested March 29
SUSPECT BIO: Skyler J. Fowler was arrested March 29 and pleaded not guilty June 1 to murder with a deadly weapon. His jury trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 17.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple sharp and blunt force injuries
LATITUDE: 36.1022752
LONGITUDE: -115.1285308
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DATE: 3/31/16
TIME: 7:15 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/partner-fired-gunman-who-police-say-killed-his-k9-nicky-and-2-people
ADDRESS: 9848 Fast Elk St.
NAME: Felicia Simone Wimberly-Hughes
GENDER: Female
AGE: 46
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Felicia Wimberly-Hughes, 46, was fatally shot in a neighbor’s garage on the morning of March 18. Police said she and her son, who was also killed, went next door to check on their neighbor after they heard loud noises. She was a nurse for 20 years and loved helping people. The Detroit native moved to Las Vegas in 1999. She was a homebody who loved to read books and watch movies, especially crime dramas and supernatural thrillers. The shooting suspect, James Craig Simpson, 31, engaged police in a running gun battle afterward. He was shot multiple times and died May 13 from his wounds.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: James Craig Simpson, 31, arrested April 1, died May 13 of complications from multiple gunshot wounds
SUSPECT BIO: Las Vegas police have said James Craig Simpson was acting erratically at his mother's house before the shootings. He spent the morning saying that people were after him and following him, according to a police report. Simpson and his mother fought throughout the home as she tried to get him to put down a handgun. The argument moved into the garage, where they were approached by the Hugheses.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the back
LATITUDE: 36.3279647
LONGITUDE: -115.2965256
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DATE: 3/31/16
TIME: 7:15 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/partner-fired-gunman-who-police-say-killed-his-k9-nicky-and-2-people
ADDRESS: 9848 Fast Elk St.
NAME: Brenden Hughes
GENDER: Male
AGE: 31
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Brenden Hughes, 31, was fatally shot in a neighbor’s garage on the morning of March 18. Police said he and his mother, who was also killed, went next door to check on their neighbor after they heard loud noises. He loved to sing, draw and play the drums. It didn’t take much to make the father of four laugh, and he had a knack for making others laugh. He was also mechanically inclined and loved to fix things. He moved to the valley from Detroit a little more than a month earlier for a fresh start near his family. He hadn’t found a job yet. The shooting suspect, James Craig Simpson, 31, engaged police in a running gun battle afterward. He was shot multiple times and died May 13 from his wounds.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: James Craig Simpson, 31, arrested April 1, died May 13 of complications from multiple gunshot wounds.
SUSPECT BIO: Police have said James Craig Simpson was acting erratically at his mother's house before the shootings. He spent the morning saying that people were after him and following him, according to a police report. Simpson and his mother fought throughout the home as she tried to get him to put down a handgun. The argument moved into the garage, where they were approached by the Hugheses.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.3279647
LONGITUDE: -115.2965256
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DATE: 4/3/16
TIME: 9 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/woman-killed-shooting-west-las-vegas-apartment-complex
ADDRESS: 6501 W. Charleston Blvd., Lantana Apartments
NAME: Raquel Latasha Stapinski
GENDER: Female
AGE: 41
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Raquel Latasha Stapinski, 41, was fatally shot at a birthday party on the night of April 3. Police said a fight broke out between people attending a celebration at the Lantana Apartments, 6501 W. Charleston Blvd. She had lived in Las Vegas by way of Chicago and Minnesota since 2007. She liked the Chicago Bears.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Two groups confronted each other and exchanged fire. No suspects or persons of interest have been identified by police.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the right arm and axilla
LATITUDE: 36.1564432
LONGITUDE: -115.2391
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DATE: 4/4/16
TIME: 2:02 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/man-s-body-found-vacant-boarded-apartment-downtown
ADDRESS: 242 W. Boston Ave
NAME: Javier Aguero Zuniga
GENDER: Male
AGE: 30
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Javier Aguero Zuniga, 30, was found shot dead April 4 inside a vacant, boarded-up home in an area just west of the Stratosphere that has seen a lot of gang activity historically. Zuniga had an extensive criminal history including possession of drugs, possession of stolen vehicle, and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. In an online fundraiser setup by his family, it was said Zuniga’s nickname was “Tank.”
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not released any suspect descriptions or named any persons of interest.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.147688
LONGITUDE: -115.1622737
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DATE: 4/6/16
TIME: 10:16 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/police-investigate-fatal-shooting-southeast-las-vegas
ADDRESS: Budget Suites of America, Boulder Highway near Flamingo Road
NAME: Jaime Borja Molina
GENDER: Male
AGE: 53
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Jaime Borja Molina, 53, was fatally shot while riding a bicycle on the night of April 6 in front of the Budget Suites extended-stay hotel complex on Boulder Highway at Flamingo Road. Neighbors said there was an argument between him and two neighbors about a set of speakers. He was shot and the men drove off. Violent crimes have been common on that stretch of Boulder Highway over the years. Molina had an criminal history of burglary, battery with a deadly weapon, identify theft, drug possession and vehicle theft.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not named any suspects or persons of interest or announced any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot would to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1168442
LONGITUDE: -115.07071
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DATE: 4/7/16
TIME: 5:45 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-shot-death-apartments-near-nellis-air-force-base
ADDRESS: 4330 Las Vegas Blvd. North
NAME: Ethan Walker
GENDER: Male
AGE: 17
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: It has been said that Ethan Walker, 17, died April 7 defending a relative. The Eldorado High School student arrived at the Pinnacle Apartment complex at 4330 Las Vegas Blvd. North to help a woman who was being harassed by an ex-boyfriend before the shooting. Ethan, also called “EJ,” was shot during a fight in another apartment. His family was devastated by his loss and is fundraising to cover funeral costs on GoFundMe.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight, Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.238776
LONGITUDE: -115.0562
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DATE: 4/12/16
TIME: 12:20 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/2-men-dead-after-shooting-car-crash-henderson
ADDRESS: 100 block of Trenier Drive, near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Mission Drive
NAME: Lanard Lafare Wilson Jr.
GENDER: Male
AGE: 34
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Lanard Lafare Wilson Jr., 34, was shot to death April 12 in Henderson by a man he kidnapped. In 2009, Wilson was charged with a weapon felony and with street gang terrorism in San Bernardino, California. Wilson, who was known by friends as "Nardy" had children in California. Wilson was killied in the same car as Selvy Auston.
JURISDICTION: Henderson
SUSPECT INFO: No arrest
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Defensive
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 35.996258
LONGITUDE: -114.983815
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DATE: 4/12/16
TIME: 12:20 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/2-men-dead-after-shooting-car-crash-henderson
ADDRESS: 100 block of Trenier Drive, near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Mission Drive
NAME: Selvy Auston
GENDER: Male
AGE: 25
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Selvy Auston, 25, was shot to death on April 12 in Henderson by a man he kidnapped. Auston served time in jail for a 2009 felony burglary charge in San Diego. An online fundraiser set up by his family described Auston as a “fun and loving soul.” Auston was killed in the same car as Lanard LaFare Wilson.
JURISDICTION: Henderson
SUSPECT INFO: No arrest
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Defensive
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 35.996258
LONGITUDE: -114.983815
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DATE: 4/12/16
TIME: 2:45 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/husband-wife-dead-after-apparent-murder-suicide-las-vegas-mobile-home-park
ADDRESS: 1190 S. Mojave Road, near East Charleston Boulevard
NAME: Geri Evelyn Hanson
GENDER: Female
AGE: 50
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Geri Evelyn Hanson, 50, was shot to death April 12 by her estranged husband, Ted Neal Hanson, who later took his own life. Hanson died on a neighbor's doorstep at La Villa Vegas Trailer Park near East Charleston Boulevard and South Mojave Road. An online fundraiser to cover funeral expenses has been set up by the family.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Ted Neal Hanson, 58, killed himself at the scene.
SUSPECT BIO: Ted Hanson had a history of domestic abuse, both with Geri Hanson, to whom he was married for about a year, and in a previous marriage. Public records show Ted Hanson married Judy Brown in summer 1990. The couple were arrested May 5, 2008, when a marital dispute led to Brown firing a handgun at Hanson. Ted Hanson was prohibited from owning a firearm because of domestic violence convictions in 1989 and 2000. Family court documents show that the pair divorced in 2009. Ted Hanson also had an extensive history of violence with Geri Hanson, whom he married in 2012. Police responded to four domestic violence events in September 2013, shortly before their divorce. The relationship continued on and off afterward.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1579734
LONGITUDE: -115.1054
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DATE: 4/14/16
TIME: 6 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/metro-investigating-homicide-near-downtown-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 2100 block of Ballard Drive
NAME: Derrick Parks
GENDER: Male
AGE: 46
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Derrick Parks, 46, was shot to death April 14 after an argument that turned physical with another man. Police said the incident may have been gang-related. Dakuan Thomas, 22, was arrested the next day. Thomas had prior felonies this year for battery, concealed carry without a permit and attempted possession of a short-barreled shotgun.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Dakuan Thomas, 22, was arrested April 15.
SUSPECT BIO: Dakuan Thomas had two prior felonies this year for battery and for concealed carry without a permit and attempted possession of a short-barreled shotgun. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder with a deadly weapon, and his jury trial is scheduled for March.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight, Gang-related
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1576411
LONGITUDE: -115.1191964
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DATE: 4/15/16
TIME: 11:15 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-dies-friday-night-shooting-north-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 2100 block of Carroll Street
NAME: Davion DeShawn McKinzie
GENDER: Male
AGE: 34
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Davion DeShawn McKinzie, 34, was found shot outside a building in a North Las Vegas neighborhood the night of April 15. A GoFundMe page made by the mother of McKinzie’s children said he was shot while sitting outside his mother’s house. McKinzie was in court in Las Vegas in 2002 on a felony burglary charge and again in 2004 on a felony charge of possession of a stolen vehicle. He faced a domestic-related battery charge in North Las Vegas in 2010.
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: North Las Vegas police have not named any suspects or persons of interest or released any suspect descriptions.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the left flank
LATITUDE: 36.1973569
LONGITUDE: -115.11574
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DATE: 4/16/16
TIME: 2 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/stabbings/inmate-stabbed-death-high-desert-prison
ADDRESS: High Desert Prison
NAME: Ralph Eugene Goodman
GENDER: Male
AGE: 39
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Indian Springs
DECEASED BIO: Ralph Eugene Goodman, a 39-year-old inmate at High Desert State Prison, died when two other inmates allegedly “charged across the yard” and stabbed Goodman multiple times, the Nevada Corrections Department said. Goodman arrived at the prison in May 2004 and was serving two life sentences for first-degree murder “and other related charges.” Jeremy Nuckles and Justin Muncy, the two inmates who are accused of stabbing Goodman, were incarcerated in 2007 and 2015, respectively. Nuckles was serving 10 to 60 years for robbery with a victim over 65 years old, and Muncy was serving three to 10 years for robbery.
JURISDICTION: Nevada Corrections Department
SUSPECT INFO: Inmates Jeremy Nuckles and Justin Muncy were accused of killing Ralph Eugene Goodman in the prison yard.
SUSPECT BIO: Jeremy Nuckles and Justin Muncy were already imprisoned at High Desert. Nuckles was incarcerated in 2007 and serving 10 to 60 years for robbery with a victim over 65 years old. Muncy arrived at High Desert in November and was serving three to 10 years for robbery.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple stab wounds
LATITUDE: 36.5176063
LONGITUDE: -115.547
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DATE: 4/17/16
TIME: 1 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/two-killed-overnight-shooting
ADDRESS: 2400 block of McWilliams Avenue
NAME: Edgar Palomino
GENDER: Male
AGE: 33
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Las Vegans Edgar Palomino, 33, and Javier Rodriguez Ruiz, 29, were standing in a front yard, drinking beer with a friend, when they were shot multiple times. Palomino had been arrested in 2012 in Las Vegas on domestic-related battery charges. Rodriguez Ruiz had been arrested in Las Vegas in 2010 on felony battery charges and alcohol-related DUI, but the charges were dismissed in September 2010. Three GoFundMe pages, which had raised a combined $7,500 by April 28, were made in his memory to offset funeral costs. "Edgar was a funny, charismatic personality," one of the pages said. "He was a loving devoted father to all of his beautiful children." One of the pages was set up for the two men.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Julio Alberto Hernandez, 21, was arrested April 19.
SUSPECT BIO: Julio Alberto Hernandez, a California native, was at a family barbecue April 17 when he and his cousin decided to walk to a nearby liquor store. Hernandez and his cousin were walking past Palomino and Rodriguez Ruiz drinking beer in their front yard. Hernandez told police the men "exchanged words." Rodriguez Ruiz and Palomino started walking toward him and his cousin "as if they were getting ready to fight," and one of them reached for his waistband. Hernandez told police he didn't know who had been shot or why. Hernandez pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder with a deadly weapon on June 8 and is scheduled to appear for the start of his jury trial Dec. 5.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1791
LONGITUDE: -115.1609
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DATE: 4/17/16
TIME: 1 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/two-killed-overnight-shooting
ADDRESS: 2400 block of McWilliams Avenue
NAME: Javier Rodriguez Ruiz
GENDER: Male
AGE: 29
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Las Vegans Edgar Palomino, 33, and Javier Rodriguez Ruiz, 29, were standing in a front yard, drinking beer with a friend, when they were shot multiple times. Palomino had been arrested in 2012 in Las Vegas on domestic-related battery charges. Rodriguez Ruiz had been arrested in Las Vegas in 2010 on felony battery charges and alcohol-related DUI, but the charges were dismissed in September 2010. Three GoFundMe pages, which had raised a combined $7,500 by April 28, were made in his memory to offset funeral costs. "Edgar was a funny, charismatic personality," one of the pages said. "He was a loving devoted father to all of his beautiful children." One of the pages was set up for the two men.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Julio Alberto Hernandez, 21, was arrested April 19.
SUSPECT BIO: Julio Alberto Hernandez, a California native, was at a family barbecue April 17 when he and his cousin decided to walk to a nearby liquor store. Hernandez and his cousin were walking past Palomino and Rodriguez Ruiz drinking beer in their front yard. Hernandez told police the men "exchanged words." Rodriguez Ruiz and Palomino started walking toward him and his cousin "as if they were getting ready to fight," and one of them reached for his waistband. Hernandez told police he didn't know who had been shot or why. Hernandez pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder with a deadly weapon on June 8 and is scheduled to appear for the start of his jury trial Dec. 5.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP:
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1791
LONGITUDE: -115.1609
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DATE: 4/17/16
TIME: 8 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/1-person-stabbed-death-southwest-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 8600 block of West Spring Mountain Road
NAME: Clinton Englehart
GENDER: Male
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Clinton Englehart had been in Las Vegas since March. He was arrested for a DUI in Florida last year, violated his probation and was arrested again in January. He lived here for about a month before a fight between him and two others led to his fatal stabbing April 17 in front of a McDonald's at 8635 W. Warm Springs Road, not far from Desert Breeze park.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Jason Lloyd Carlton II, 16; Zachary Agnew, 17; and Westly James, 25, were arrested in connection with the death.
SUSPECT BIO: Jason Lloyd Carlton II, 16, Zachary Agnew, 17, and Westly James, 25, were arrested in connection with the death. They are scheduled to appear in court Aug. 26.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Stab wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1259
LONGITUDE: -115.279695
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DATE: 4/18/16
TIME: 9 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-shot-death-central-las-vegas-monday-night
ADDRESS: 3223 E. Flamingo Road, near Pecos Road
NAME: Thomas Blas
GENDER: Male
AGE: 34
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Thomas Blas was robbed and killed the night of April 18 in what police said may have been a botched drug deal. Blas worked at an entertainment company he created and at a local medical marijuana dispensary, Las Vegas ReLeaf. He had been in court for DUI and drug possession before. The mother of his young daughter said, "He was a wonderful father to our beautiful daughter, Jada." His family is raising money through GoFundMe to support his daughter and his funeral expenses.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made arrests in connection with the death of Thomas Blas, but said four or five men in early 20s were seen running from complex about the time of the homicide.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Drug-related
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the right shoulder
LATITUDE: 36.1139129
LONGITUDE: -115.1071067
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DATE: 4/18/16
TIME: 10:30 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/employee-shot-during-robbery-lee-s-discount-liquor-southwest-valley
ADDRESS: 8785 W. Warm Springs Road near Durango Drive
NAME: Matthew Christensen
GENDER: Male
AGE: 24
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Matthew Christensen was working as a cashier at a southwest valley Lee's Discount Liquor the night of April 18 when he was robbed by three armed men and gunned down when he couldn't access the store's safe. Family said he didn't have access to the safe, but his pregnant manager did. Instead of outing her, he said he was the only one working, possibly saving her life. Since his death, the manager has announced she will name her son after him. He had been working at the liquor store for about two years, his brother said, and he did not have a criminal record. He was originally from Arizona and family described him as goofy, hardworking and "never angry."
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Lee Murray Sykes, 22; Lee Dominic Sykes, 20; and Ray Charles Brown, 22, were arrested May 4.
SUSPECT BIO: Lee Murray Sykes, Lee Dominic Sykes, and Ray Charles Brown, were arrested after five search warrants were executed by nearly 80 people from the Metropolitan Police Department, U.S. Marshals and the FBI. The men pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary while in possession of a firearm, murder with use of a deadly weapon, first degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, coercion with a deadly weapon. The jury trial is scheduled to begin in Aug. 2017.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Robbery
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.0545612
LONGITUDE: -115.2834817
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DATE: 4/19/16
TIME: 2 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/metro-investigates-early-morning-homicide-east-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 1416 Sandhill Road, near Pecos Road and Washington Avenue
NAME: Maurice Ramon White Jr.
GENDER: Male
AGE: 23
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Maurice Ramon White Jr. was killed in the early hours of April 19 during a home invasion at an apartment where he was staying with other tenants and family members at 1416 Sandhill Road, near Pecos Road and Washington Avenue. An unidentified man kicked down the apartment's front door and shot White before running away with another man.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects or persons of interest. Police said a man kicked in the apartment door, then two men fled the scene after the homicide. Police said the suspect and victim knew each other, and the crime was not random.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Home invasion
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1807716
LONGITUDE: -115.0892166
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DATE: 4/20/16
TIME: 2 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/1-dead-after-shooting-downtown-las-vegas-motel
ADDRESS: Safari Motel, 2001 Fremont St.
NAME: Pedro Munoz Rodriguez
GENDER: Male
AGE: 37
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Escondido, CA
DECEASED BIO: Pedro Rodriguez was shot and killed in the early hours of April 20 outside of a downtown hotel. Pedro had been in an argument with another man outside of his hotel room when that man got in his car, grabbed a gun and fatally shot him. Pedro was from Escondido, California, and it's not clear why he was in Las Vegas when he was shot. An online obituary is filled with photos of him with friends and family.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects or persons of interest.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1618631
LONGITUDE: -115.1222
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DATE: 4/22/16
TIME: 2:36 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/18-year-old-dies-early-morning-shooting-northeast-las-vegas
ADDRESS: Craig Road and Las Vegas Boulevard North
NAME: Aaron Jordan
GENDER: Male
AGE: 18
CITY OF RESIDENCE: San Diego
DECEASED BIO: Aaron Jordan was "not a gang member, just at the wrong place at the wrong time," his godmother said. The teenager was staying at an apartment in Las Vegas when mutliple rounds were fired into the unit in the early hours of April 22, one of which struck him in the head. He was a "gentle loving and caring young man" from San Diego. His family created a GoFundMe page to raise money to bring his body home and host a wake May 4, which would have been his 19th birthday.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects or persons of interest. Police said at least two people fired the rounds.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.240618
LONGITUDE: -115.054
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DATE: 4/23/16
TIME: 7:09 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/metro-looking-southeast-valley-shooting-suspect
ADDRESS: 1000 block of Aspen Valley Avenue
NAME: Kevin Michael Hockar
GENDER: Male
AGE: 54
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Kevin Michael Hockar, 54, was shot and killed in the driveway of his home in the 1000 block of Aspen Valley Avenue on April 23. Police said Hockar was shoved to the ground and shot multiple times by disgruntled former employee Rene Alfaro. Hockar owned a painting and construction company, Spectrum Concepts.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Rene Alfaro, 33, was arrested April 25.
SUSPECT BIO: Rene Alfaro pleaded not guilty and the jury trial on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon and two charges of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person is scheduled to begin Sept. 12.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.0217855
LONGITUDE: -115.143
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DATE: 4/23/16
TIME: 3:20 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/1-dead-several-hurt-east-las-vegas-shooting
ADDRESS: 1650 S. Hollywood Blvd.
NAME: Angelo Barboza
GENDER: Male
AGE: 15
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Angelo Barboza, 15, was killed in the early morning hours of April 23 after a shootout between teenagers at the Hollywood Recreation Center, 1650 S. Hollywood Blvd., in east Las Vegas. Police said more than 50 shots were fired during the exchange. Angelo’s family described him as a “quiet kid” who enjoyed video games. He was sophomore at Desert Pines High School. Angelo played soccer for the local team Vegas United Limon.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: During a fight at the Hollywood Recreation Center, one person was stabbed in the neck, and multiple rounds were fired, striking multiple victims. At least 50 rounds were believed to have been fired during the exchange. Afterward police and medical personnel arrived at the 5700 block of Pavot Court, where they located a man suffering from multiple stab wounds to his upper body. At the same time, emergency crews found four juveniles with gunshot wounds in the 5800 block of Pacific Shores Drive, including Angel Barboza. Police said one of the juveniles from the Pavot Court scene was responsible for shooting Angel. Information about juvenile defendants is not public unless they are certified to be charged as an adult.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Gang-related
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1526487
LONGITUDE: -115.0269
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DATE: 4/24/16
TIME: 12:30 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/north-las-vegas-police-investigate-homicide-near-courthouse
ADDRESS: 2400 block Page Street
NAME: Javarrious Eequinn Brown
GENDER: Male
AGE: 24
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Javarrious Eequinn Brown, 24, was found shot to death in the 2400 block of Page Street on April 24. Police said Brown was involved in an argument among multiple people outside a home before the shooting. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary in 2010, misdemeanor drug possession in 2013 and to domestic battery, also in 2013. Brown's family said he enjoyed playing cards with his grandmother Annie Ficklin. He would have turned 25 on April 28.
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: North Las Vegas police have not named any suspects or persons of interest and no arrests have been made.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the abdomen
LATITUDE: 36.2056422
LONGITUDE: -115.1599
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DATE: 4/24/16
TIME: 2 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/east-las-vegas-argument-turns-deadly
ADDRESS: 4500 block of Dromedary Way
NAME: Damion Dwain Thomas
GENDER: Male
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Pasadena, CA
DECEASED BIO: Damion Dwain Thomas, 27, of Pasadena, California, was shot and killed in the afternoon of April 24 after being involved in an argument at the Liberty Village Apartments. Police said the argument may have been related to either a drug or weapon sale.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Tevin K. Alhashemi, 21, was arrested April 25 and faces attempted murder and conspiracy charges. Police have not said Alhashemi was the one who shot Damion Thomas.
SUSPECT BIO: Tevin Alhashemi, 21, was shot in the leg and found by police nearby. Alhashemi was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center where he faces one count of possession of a gun by a prohibited person, attempted murder with a deadly, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy charges. He is also being held in connection with a crime in a another state, jail logs said. Alhashemi is due in court multiple times in August.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight; Robbery
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.2234731
LONGITUDE: -115.0685
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DATE: 4/24/16
TIME: 3:45 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/man-killed-early-sunday-shooting-east-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 4500 block of Carriage Park
NAME: Benjamin Andre Soley
GENDER: Male
AGE: 17
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Benjamin Andre Soley turned 17 just three days before he was shot and killed at the Carriage Park Villas apartment complex on April 24. Police believe the shooting may have been drug-related. Benjamin was an avid BMX rider and fan of the sport. A memorial was held for him at Craig Ranch Skate Park, which he frequented with friends. He was enrolled in Clark County School District’s Adult Education program.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Kenneth McGee, 27, and Brandon Gisendaner, 26, were arrested May 12. Las Vegas police said a third man may also be involved, but there was only one shooter.
SUSPECT BIO: Kenneth McGee, 27, and Brandon Gisendaner, 26, were arrested May 12 on charges of open murder and robbery with a deadly weapon. The men's jury trial is scheduled to begin on Sept. 6.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Drug-related
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.13816
LONGITUDE: -115.0751
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DATE: 4/25/16
TIME: 11:40 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/police-investigate-homicide-east-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 3800 block of James Paul Avenue
NAME: Ronald Wise III
GENDER: Male
AGE: 25
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Ronald Wise III, 25, died April 25 at University Medical Center from a stab wound to the chest after an argument turned violent in front of a home in the 3800 block of James Paul Avenue. Police said Wise knew the person who stabbed him and detectives are working to identify a suspect.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects or persons of interest.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Stab wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1473074
LONGITUDE: -115.0903
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DATE: 4/27/16
TIME: 12:20 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/las-vegas-police-investigate-homicide-apartment-complex
ADDRESS: 2300 Arville St., Shadow Ridge Apartments
NAME: Merral E.L. Stowe
GENDER: Male
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Merral E.L. Stowe, 27, moved to Las Vegas less than two years ago with his fiance and had his first child. After midnight on April 27, Stowe was found unconscious in a car at an apartment complex off West Desert Inn Road and Arville Street. At a nearby hospital, he was pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the head. In an online fundraising page, his father wrote that Stowe was not a big sports fan, but played football in school and enjoyed the game. "Watching him grow was a marvel, he was brilliant, friendly and motivated," his father wrote. The family is raising money to ship his body to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects or persons of interest.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wounds to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1463099
LONGITUDE: -115.199848
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DATE: 4/27/16
TIME: 12:39 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/security-guard-found-dead-near-west-las-vegas-construction-site
ADDRESS: 5100 block of Jerry Tarkanian Way
NAME: Mark Santee
GENDER: Male
AGE: 48
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Mark Santee was a father of three who worked as a night-shift security guard for various sites throughout the valley. He was working a night shift at a construction site for an apartment complex near Russell Road and the 215 Beltway the night of April 26 when he was confronted by either one person or a group and was shot several times in the head. Police said the shooter or shooters might have been trying to rob the construction site.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects or persons of interest.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Robbery
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.0886892
LONGITUDE: -115.2894
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DATE: 4/27/16
TIME: 10:20 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/woman-shot-dead-apartment-complex-near-boulevard-mall
ADDRESS: Cambridge Street and Twain Avenue
NAME: Tatiana Webster
GENDER: Female
AGE: 24
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Tatiana Webster came to Las Vegas by way of California, where she grew up. She was killed the night of Wednesday, April 27 after she answered a knock at her apartment door, near Cambridge Street and Twain Avenue, and let at least one person inside. Minutes later she was shot, and the shooter or shooters ran away. She was found lying in her apartment's doorway and died after being rushed to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. It's not clear if she knew the shooter or shooters, and no motive or suspect description has been identified. Webster's family in California declined to comment. An aunt posted to Facebook about her death: "Rest in Peace Peaches."
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects or persons of interest.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1222039
LONGITUDE: -115.1418
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DATE: 4/30/16
TIME: 6:25 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/las-vegas-police-find-dead-man-northeast-valley-road
ADDRESS: 4100 block of Sunrise Avenue near East Charleston and North Lamb Boulevard
NAME: Samuel Magana
GENDER: Male
AGE: 32
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Samuel Magana, 32, was found dead on the morning of April 30 on a northeast valley street. Just before 6:30 a.m., patrol officers responded to the 4100 block of Sunrise Avenue. Arriving officers found an unresponsive man with a gunshot wound. The police investigation indicated the man was shot at a different location and left on the road.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Police received a report that a silver pickup truck left the area after a gunshot was heard earlier in the morning. No arrests have been made.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1625747
LONGITUDE: -115.0879588
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DATE: 5/5/16
TIME: 6 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-woman-dead-north-las-vegas-shooting-mlk-between-gowan-alexander-closed
ADDRESS: 3901 N. Martin Luther King
NAME: Christina Pearl Franklin
GENDER: Female
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Christina Pearl Franklin was shot and killed in front of a North Las Vegas day care by the father of her children. According to police, Travis Spitler shot the woman and both of their children before turning the gun on himself. Franklin had a temporary protective order against Spitler and had appeared in court two days before the shooting to testify against her ex in a domestic violence case. The case stemmed from a December attack that left Franklin hospitalized, police documents show. According to court records, Franklin had moved out after the attack and Spitler hadn't made contact with her until the pair were face to face at Spitler's preliminary hearing. Franklin's children survived the shooting and are in the care of their grandmother, according to a GoFundMe page set up by a former co-worker.
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Travis Spitler, 40, killed himself at the scene.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.2301988
LONGITUDE: -115.1646414
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DATE: 5/11/16
TIME: 10:22 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/police-investigating-dead-body-found-trunk
ADDRESS: Rococo Court and Villeroy Avenue
NAME: Kristopher Paul Alofaituli
GENDER: Male
AGE: 38
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: The body of Kristopher Paul Alofaituli, 38, was found inside a car trunk May 11 in a south valley neighborhood. A neighbor in the area of Rococo Court and Villeroy Avenue — near Cactus Avenue and Southern Highlands Parkway — called police about 10:20 a.m. to report a car that had been there for a few days. When officers arrived to check out the black, four-door sedan, they found the man’s body in the trunk. It appeared Alofaituli had been deceased for some time due to the level of decomposition. Clark County District Court records show Alofaituli pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery with a deadly weapon in December 2006. He served about eight years and got out on parole in October 2014. He was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance in June 2015 and was in possession of counterfeit money, a violation of his parole. He spent eight more months in custody and was released Feb. 19. Alofaituli pleaded guilty to the drug charge Feb. 4 and was scheduled to appear in court for his sentencing April 7. He also had an April 12 court date in the case involving counterfeit money, but he missed both court appearances.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not identified any suspects or persons of interest or made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Blunt force head trauma
LATITUDE: 35.994308
LONGITUDE: -115.19119
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DATE: 5/13/16
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/metro-investigating-suspicious-dead-body-southeast-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 5500 Hobble Creek Drive
NAME: Linda Wise
GENDER: Female
AGE: 53
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Linda Wise, 53, was found stabbed to death in the living room of her southeast valley home on May 13. Police found her body in the afternoon in the 5500 block of Hobble Creek Drive, near Nellis Boulevard and Russell Road and said she had likely been killed days earlier. Michael Garcia, 54, was arrested in connection with in the case. According to police, Garcia and Wise were dating.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Michael Garcia, 54, was arrested May 19
SUSPECT BIO: Michael Garcia pleaded not guilty one charge of murder with a deadly weapon. His jury trial is scheduled to begin on Sept. 6, and his defense team gave the court notice of its intent to use an alibi defense in July.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Stab wound to the neck
LATITUDE: 36.0882098
LONGITUDE: -115.0708421
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DATE: 5/15/16
TIME: 5:30 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-arrested-fatal-shooting-mobile-home-park
ADDRESS: 3700 Stewart Ave.
NAME: Salvador Eduardo Ramirez
GENDER: Male
AGE: 33
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Salvador Ramirez was shot several times by a roommate after an argument. He died at the scene. At the time of the shooting, a woman was also shot several times and stabbed, but she survived. Ramirez was married and was a father of four. His wife, Danielle, said in a GoFundMe set up for services that he was "a fun and loving man that can never be replaced. He was there for anyone, and his family ment the world to him." In 2001 he pleaded guilty to conpiracy to commit a crime and robbery and was sentenced to at least 12 months in prison.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Mario Espinoza, 34, was arrested May 15.
SUSPECT BIO: Mario Espinoza is from Las Vegas and has a lengthy criminal record, including charges of domestic violence, assault on a protected person, assault with a deadly weapon, and burglary with a deadly weapon. Friends said the victim let Espinoza live with his family because he was trying to give him a stable living situation and help Espinoza change his ways. He’s being held at the Clark County Detention Center on charges of murder with use of a deadly weapon, attempt murder with use of a deadly weapon, battery with use of a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm, two counts of first-degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon, first-degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon, child abuse or endangerment with use of a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wounds to the head and right arm
LATITUDE: 36.168085
LONGITUDE: -115.097499
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DATE: 5/16/16
TIME: 5 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/two-stabbed-southeast-valley-apartment-complex
ADDRESS: 4855 Vegas Valley Drive, just west of Nellis Boulevard,
NAME: Natalia Cruz
GENDER: Female
AGE: 45
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Natalia Cruz, 45, was killed on May 16 by her boyfriend, who committed suicide afterward. Police said Cruz and the man who died, Trinidad Gonzalez-Flores, 49, had a history of unreported domestic violence. She tried to leave him and Gonzalez-Flores exploded, stabbing her five or six times before turning the knife on himself, police said. The murder-suicideunfolded in front of a few family members, including the couple’s 6-year-old child.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Trinidad Gonzalez-Flores, 49, fatally stabbed himself after killing Natalia Cruz, police said.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple stab and incise wounds
LATITUDE: 36.136784
LONGITUDE: -115.0714637
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DATE: 5/16/16
TIME: 6:55 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/shooting-leaves-1-dead-1-injured-southeast-valley
ADDRESS: 3050 S. Nellis Blvd. (between Desert Inn and Vegas Valley)
NAME: Jhronne Maddox
GENDER: Male
AGE: 17
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Jhronne Maddox, 17, was shot and killed after a gunfight at an east valley apartment pool on May 16. Maddox had been invited to the pool with a friend, and the two walked to the nearby apartment complex. Two armed men came into the gated pool area, which was crowded with people, and started firing. The boys ran away, but occupants in two vehicles started shooting at them and Maddox was struck near the second vehicle. Terlmaine Weaks, 23, was arrested in San Pedro, California, in connection with the shooting.Police are still looking for a second suspect who has not been named.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Terlmaine Weaks was arrested May 23 in San Pedro, California. Detention center logs show Weaks was still being held at a Los Angeles County correctional facility July 29.
SUSPECT BIO: According to Las Vegas court records, Weaks was arrested in April and faces multiple burglary charges. He is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 16 for that case.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the back
LATITUDE: 36.135457
LONGITUDE: -115.0663267
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DATE: 5/19/16
TIME: 5:45 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/chaotic-episode-leads-fatal-beating-officer-involved-shooting-north-las-vegas-casino
ADDRESS: Silver Nugget
NAME: Edgardo Velasquez
GENDER: Male
AGE: 64
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Edgardo Velasquez, 64, was killed about 5:45 a.m. in an employee-only area at the Silver Nugget by co-worke Jeremias Cruz, 30,who was having an "agitated chaotic episode." North Las Vegas police said it was unclear what sparked the hysterical beating or whether the men knew each other, but that Cruz had been in an altercation with another employee just before the attack. That employee wasn't seriously injured and no one else was hurt.
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Jeremias Cruz, 30, was fatally shot by North Las Vegas police on the scene.
SUSPECT BIO: According to a GoFundMe page set up in his name, Jeremias Cruz was a father of four with a fifth child on the way. His sister called the day of her brother's death "one of the worse days of my life" and said her brother was "killed on duty at work." She asked for donations to fly his body from Las Vegas to New Jersey and raised nearly $2,500.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Blunt force head and neck trauma
LATITUDE: 36.1990127
LONGITUDE: -115.1256409
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DATE: 5/20/16
TIME: 3:30 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/coroner-identifies-man-found-dead-nlv-road-rage-incident
ADDRESS: Craig Road and North Fifth Street
NAME: Joseph Deion Jackson
GENDER: Male
AGE: 35
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Joseph Jackson, 35, was killed in a possible road-rage incident in North Las Vegas. Police responded to reports of a shooting about 3:30 a.m. May 20 near Craig Road and North Fifth Street. Jackson was the passenger in a car with multiple people, including a young child not yet in kindergarten, when he was shot in the head. The mother of Jackson's daughter set up a GoFundMe account to cover funeral costs and "bring him home to California." According to the fundraiser, Jackson left behind three sons, three daughters "and a family that loves him and will miss him dearly." Police are looking for a 20-year-old Hispanic, clean-shaven male with short dark hair, possibly driving a dark-colored Mitsubishi Eclipse.
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: The driver of the suspect vehicle is described as a 20-year-old Hispanic, clean-shaven male with short dark hair, police said. The vehicle involved was decribed as a dark-colored Mitsubishi Eclipse. North Las Vegas police have not named any suspects or persons of interest or made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.23953
LONGITUDE: -115.1365442
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DATE: 5/30/16
TIME: 7 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/man-suffers-life-threatening-injuries-central-las-vegas-shooting
ADDRESS: 3601 Cambridge St.
NAME: Andre Duran Smith
GENDER: Male
AGE: 35
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Andre Duran Smith, 35, was found suffering from a gunshot wound at a central valley apartment complex on May 30. He was taken to Sunrise Hosptal and Medical Center, where he later died. A police investigation indicated a group of individuals had an argument outside an apartment and then a gunshot was heard.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Bryant Metcalf, 28, was arrested Aug. 4 and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of first-degree murder.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.124161
LONGITUDE: -115.142309
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DATE: 6/1/16
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/las-vegas-police-investigating-possible-murder-suicide-west-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 10301 Wood Owl Court
NAME: Arthur Steven Wulf
GENDER: Male
AGE: 69
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Arthur Wulf, 69, and Jan Morgan-Wulf, 66, were killed on June 1 in their Summerlin home by their adult son, who took his own life afterward. The couple had gunshot and stab wounds. Police have said Aaron Wulf, 36, sent a manifesto of more than 100 pages to law enforcement, family and the media before the slayings. Wulf once had a small acting role in an episode of “Monk,” a crime show, where he played a “young officer.” Arthur Wulf was a semiretired attorney who served on the school board of Glenview, Illinois. Jan Morgan-Wulf, 66, was a former Chicago Public Schools speech pathologist who had also worked as a real estate agent in Northbrook, Illinois. The family kept the Summerlin property as a summer home.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO:
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds and sharp force injuries
LATITUDE: 36.173589
LONGITUDE: -115.321084
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DATE: 6/1/16
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/las-vegas-police-investigating-possible-murder-suicide-west-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 10301 Wood Owl Court
NAME: Jan Morgan-Wulf
GENDER: Female
AGE: 66
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Arthur Wulf, 69, and Jan Morgan-Wulf, 66, were killed on June 1 in their Summerlin home by their adult son, who took his own life afterward. The couple had gunshot and stab wounds. Police have said Aaron Wulf, 36, sent a manifesto of more than 100 pages to law enforcement, family and the media before the slayings. Wulf once had a small acting role in an episode of “Monk,” a crime show, where he played a “young officer.” Arthur Wulf was a semiretired attorney who served on the school board of Glenview, Illinois. Jan Morgan-Wulf, 66, was a former Chicago Public Schools speech pathologist who had also worked as a real estate agent in Northbrook, Illinois. The family kept the Summerlin property as a summer home.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police said Aaron Wulf killed his parents and then himself.
SUSPECT BIO: Aaron Wulf, 36, sent a manifesto of more than 100 pages to law enforcement, family and themedia before the slayings. Wulf once had a small acting role in an episode of “Monk,” a crime show, where he played a “young officer.”
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds and multiple sharp blunt force injuries
LATITUDE: 36.173589
LONGITUDE: -115.321084
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DATE: 6/1/16
TIME: 2 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/2-people-shot-central-las-vegas
ADDRESS: Washington and Mezpah
NAME: Humberto Manual Ocegueda-Ramos
GENDER: Male
AGE: 19
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Humberto Manual Ocegueda-Ramos, 19, and Joshua Nunez, 17, were fatally shot June 1 after an altercation that may have started at a Union 76 station on the corner of Owens Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Police said Ocegueda-Ramos and Nunez were involved in a confrontation before the shooting. Ocegueda-Ramos and Nunez were followed in their car to the area of Mezpah Street and Washington Avenue, where suspects fired shots from their car and shot each in the head. The men died at University Medical Center.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Police arrested Anthony Martinez, 18, and Ocean Camacho, 19, in connection with the event later in June.
SUSPECT BIO: Anthony Martinez is being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center. He has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. two counts of murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm from or within a structure or vehicle, and discharging a firearm at or into occupied structure, vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft. His jury trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 10. Ocean Camacho is also being held without bail at the county jail and is facing the same charges during his jury trial Oct. 11. Clark County court records show that Camacho was on probation for two robbery charges from 2015, but the probation was revoked in July.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1809282
LONGITUDE: -115.1709447
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DATE: 6/1/16
TIME: 2 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/2-people-shot-central-las-vegas
ADDRESS: Washington and Mezpah
NAME: Joshua Nunez
GENDER: Male
AGE: 17
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Humberto Manual Ocegueda-Ramos, 19, and Joshua Nunez, 17, were fatally shot June 1 after an altercation that may have started at a Union 76 station on the corner of Owens Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Police said Ocegueda-Ramos and Nunez were involved in a confrontation before the shooting. Ocegueda-Ramos and Nunez were followed in their car to the area of Mezpah Street and Washington Avenue, where suspects fired shots from their car and shot each in the head. The men died at University Medical Center.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Police arrested Anthony Martinez, 18, and Ocean Camacho, 19, in connection with the event later in June.
SUSPECT BIO: Anthony Martinez is being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center. He has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. two counts of murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm from or within a structure or vehicle, and discharging a firearm at or into occupied structure, vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft. His jury trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 10. Ocean Camacho is also being held without bail at the county jail and is facing the same charges during his jury trial Oct. 11. Clark County court records show that Camacho was on probation for two robbery charges from 2015, but the probation was revoked in July.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshout wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1809282
LONGITUDE: -115.1709447
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DATE: 6/4/16
TIME: 2 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-killed-northwest-las-vegas-shooting
ADDRESS: 2305 N. Jones Blvd.
NAME: Avery Joesph Turner
GENDER: Male
AGE: 28
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Avery Joseph Turner, 28, was found in the street June 4 on Jones Boulevard, suffering from a gunshot wound. Police have said the shooting occurred in a nearby alleyway. After being shot, Turner walked to the median in the street where officers found him. He died at University Medical Center. Turner was known in the San Diego area as the rapper Aire Tite. In an online fundraiser for his funeral expenses, family members said he moved to Las Vegas two years ago for a better life.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests or named any suspects of persons of interest.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the pelvis
LATITUDE: 36.2012804
LONGITUDE: -115.224353
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DATE: 6/8/16
TIME: 2:20 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/police-arrest-man-connection-laughlin-homicide
ADDRESS: Pedestrian bridge in Laughlin
NAME: Dwight Franklin
GENDER: Male
AGE: 54
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Laughlin
DECEASED BIO: The body of Dwight Franklin, 54, was found June 8 about 2:20 a.m. in Laughlin at the south end of the Heritage Trail Bridge, near state Route 163 and Casino Drive. Police said he was probably homeless, and evidence suggests he had been in a fight before he was killed.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Walter W. Klatt, 49, was arrested in connection with this case.
SUSPECT BIO: Walter Klatt was arrested in Bullhead City, Arizona, for an unrelated misdemeanor. He is being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center in connection with the death, and his trial is scheduled to begin in November.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Blunt force and thermal injuries with an assault
LATITUDE: 35.172175
LONGITUDE: -114.5474573
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DATE: 6/10/16
TIME: 6 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/metro-searching-suspects-east-las-vegas-valley-shooting
ADDRESS: 451 N. Nellis Blvd.
NAME: Clarence McQuarters
GENDER: Male
AGE: 34
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Clarence McQuarters, 34, was shot to death June 10 in an ambush at his east valley apartment complex. Police said the man had just picked up lunch and returned to his apartment complex that afternoon at 451 N. Nellis Blvd., near Bonanza Road, to find three men in a white Kia sedan waiting for him. When McQuarters stepped out of his car, two of the men stepped out of the sedan and fired numerous rounds at him.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Michael Jeffrey Rusk, 28, was arrested the day of the homicide. Cortrayer Lecole Zone, 38, was arrested June 15.
SUSPECT BIO: Michael Rusk was arrested after a civilian was robbed by a man matching the suspect description from the shooting. That led police to Rusk, who pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit murder, murder with a deadly weapon, home invasion, robbery, attempted grand larceny auto, and possession of firearm by prohibited person. Cortrayer Zone was booked into the Clark County Detention Center to face charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and two counts of possession of a gun by a prohibited person. In 1995, Zone was charged with attempted murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder in degrees, felony committed to promote activities of criminal gang, assisting a criminal gang, and battery with use of a deadly weapon. He pleaded guilty to the battery charge as part of a deal, and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to serve seven years in prison in that case. In 2002, Zone pleaded guilty to a charge of manufacture or importation of dangerous weapons; carrying concealed and was ordered to pay a $500 fine. In 2006, Zone was charged with numerous counts, including multiple counts robbery, use of a deadly weapon or tear gas in commission of a crime, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder, degrees of murder, discharge of a firearm out of a motor vehicle, and a charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He took a plea deal, and the majority of the charges, including the murder charges, were dropped. He was sentenced to serve five years in prison. In 2014, Zone took a plea deal on charges of battery with a deadly weapon and battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm. He was sentenced to serve two to five years in prison and appeared at a parole hearing in July 2015.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wounds to the torso
LATITUDE: 36.171192
LONGITUDE: -115.0656537
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DATE: 6/13/16
TIME: 8 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-found-shot-death-northeast-las-vegas-street
ADDRESS: Jackie Drive, near Nellis and Lake Mead boulevards
NAME: Angel Guzman Jr.
GENDER: Male
AGE: 22
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: The body of Angel Guzman Jr., 22, was found June 13 in front of a home on Jackie Drive, near Nellis and Lake Mead boulevards. Three to four men had been drinking in front of the residence Sunday night and into the early hours of Monday, police have said. An argument escalated into the shooting, and police arrested Rodrigo Rodriguez, 25, and Kely Byron Lemus-Leyva, 19, in connection with the killing.The two men were taken into custody at a nearby apartment complex shortly after police were called. They had been caught on home surveillance video near the scene, police said.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Police arrested Rodrigo Rodriguez, 25, and Kely Byron Lemus-Leyva, 19, in connection with the killing.
SUSPECT BIO: Police said Rodrigo Rodriguez and Kely Byron Lemus-Leyva were caught on home surveillance video near the scene about the time the homicide occurred and were each charged with murder with a deadly weapon. Rodriguez was granted bail on the condition that he wears an alcohol monitoring bracelet while on house arrest and surrendered his passport. Lemus-Leyva was also ordered to wear a monitoring bracelet and was placed on instensive supervision while out on bail. Both men were scheduled to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court for a preliminary hearing Aug. 19.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: DIspute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.192577
LONGITUDE: -115.0518336
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DATE: 01/08/2016
TIME: Unknown
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ADDRESS: Lamb and Hacienda
NAME: Sergio Ayala
GENDER: Male
AGE: 20
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Information about Sergio Ayala was not available.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: No arrests
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Defensive
CAUSE OF DEATH: Anoxic encephalopathy, cardiopulminary arrest following restraint
LATITUDE: 36.09293
LONGITUDE: -115.0840677
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DATE: 03/05/2016
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/homeless-man-found-dead-downtown-las-vegas
ADDRESS: Downtown Las Vegas alleyway, 600 S. 10th St.
NAME: Jeremy Louis Arkansas
GENDER: Male
AGE: 31
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Jeremy Louis Arkansas, 38, of Las Vegas, was found dead in a downtown Las Vegas alley on the morning of March 5. Arkansas was found just after 9 a.m. in an alley at 600 S. 10th St., near East Bonneville Avenue and South Maryland Parkway, police said. Homicide detectives said he had been involved in a fight the night before, and an autopsy revealed a large skull fracture. Loved ones said the father of two enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing basketball, traveling, and meeting new people. He had a great sense of humor and loved to play practical jokes.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not announced any arrests or released any suspect descriptions
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Blunt force head trauma
LATITUDE: 36.1610599
LONGITUDE: -115.1387
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DATE: 05/11/2016
TIME: 9:17 p.m.
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ADDRESS: 5100 Vermont Ave.
NAME: Jose De Jesus Alatorre
GENDER: Male
AGE: 19
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Jose De Jesus Alatorre, 19, was shot by a person in a car while he was walking to his girlfriend's house May 11. He died at the hospital. Alatorre’s family called him Peque – short for pequeño, which is Spanish for “tiny.” In an online fundraiser, family members wrote that he was just about to graduate high school and was excited to go to college.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Police have not made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound of the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1792196
LONGITUDE: -115.2125932
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DATE: 04/23/2016
TIME: Unknown
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ADDRESS: 1061. W. Bartlett
NAME: Charles Sampson Jr.
GENDER: Male
AGE: 92
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Charles Sampson Jr., 92, was attacked with a hammer while he was sitting in a recliner at home April 10. Police said he was struck with a hammer by a friend who was kicked out of the home the previous day. Sampson died Apr. 23.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Michael King, 30, was arrested after the initial attack April 11.
SUSPECT BIO: Michael King was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center the day after the attack on Charles Sampson Jr. and charged with battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm. That charged was dismissed after Sampson's death, and prosecutors filed murder a charge. King is due in court for a preliminary hearing Sept. 8.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Complications from blunt force head trauma
LATITUDE: 36.2000972
LONGITUDE: -115.1580342
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DATE: 03/18/2016
TIME: Unknkown
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ADDRESS: 3953 Brighthill Ave.
NAME: Pedro Antonio Rodriguez
GENDER: Male
AGE: 23
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Information about Pedro Rodriguez, 23, was not available.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: No arrests have been made.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound of the head
LATITUDE: 36.1103323
LONGITUDE: -115.0901947
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DATE: 01/30/2016
TIME: Unknown
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ADDRESS: E Street and Harrison
NAME: Roy Louis Wilson
GENDER: Male
AGE: 74
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Information about the death of Roy Wilson, 74, was not available..
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Police have not made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Complications from blunt force head trauma
LATITUDE: 36.1879958
LONGITUDE: -115.1506402
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DATE: 6/19/16
TIME: 5:18 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/man-shot-las-vegas-strip-club-sunday-morning
ADDRESS: Larry's Villa, 2401 W. Bonanza Road
NAME: Alxavier Lee Woods
GENDER: Male
AGE: 40
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Alxavier Lee Woods, 40, of Las Vegas was shot about 5 a.m. June 19 at Larry’s Villa strip club, 2401 W. Bonanza Road, near Rancho Drive. Police said Woods was inside the club and was involved in an argument with the shooter. That confrontation escalated in the parking lot, where Woods was shot. Police were notified of the shooting and found Woods with multiple gunshot wounds. He died at University Medical Center. The shooter fled the scene before officers arrived.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Kenneth Fletcher, 31, was arrested June 29.
SUSPECT BIO: Kenneth Fletcher was booked into the Clark County Detention Center where he faces one charge of murder with a deadly weapon. His jury trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 10.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1765176
LONGITUDE: -115.2440131
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DATE: 1/28/16
TIME: 5:51 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/one-man-dead-north-las-vegas-shooting
ADDRESS: 3300 block of Civic Center Drive (near East Cheyenne Avenue.)
NAME: Kishawn Washington
GENDER: Male
AGE: 18
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Kishawn Washington, 18, was shot at an apartment complex behind the Lucky Club Casino, near Civic Center Drive and Cheyenne Avenue, at dusk on Jan. 28. Police said the shooting started with an altercation, but didn't elaborate except to say it didn't appear random. Washington died at University Medical Center. Friends and family members released balloons in his memory on his birthday, which fell exactly a month after his death. https://www.facebook.com/xrayted2themax
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Tyrus Kemp, 35, arrested Feb. 25 in Detroit.
SUSPECT BIO: Tyrus Kemp was extradited to Nevada and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on March 18. His next court date is Dec. 5.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.2203082
LONGITUDE: -115.1186065
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DATE: 03/02/2016
TIME: 11:39 a.m.
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ADDRESS: 1415 Fremont St.
NAME: Robert Hollimon
GENDER: Male
AGE: 48
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Robert Hollimon, 48, was attacked by an unknown suspect or suspects on the night of Feb. 28. Las Vegas police said he may have been chased by two unknown males from the area around the El Cortez to Fremont and !5th streets, where the attack occurred. Police were notified that Hollimon had died at Sunrise Hspital and Medical Center on March 2.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Subdural hematoma, blunt force trauma, acute methamphetamine toxicity
LATITUDE: 36.1643688
LONGITUDE: -115.1300419
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DATE: 6/24/16
TIME: 12:51 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/1-man-dead-after-shooting-east-las-vegas-strip
ADDRESS: 3550 Paradise Road
NAME: Elliot Andrew Black
GENDER: Male
AGE: 23
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Elliot Black, 23, was found wounded about 1 a.m. on June 24 in a unit at Las Palmas Apartments, 3350 Paradise Road, near the Strip and East Desert Inn Road. Black died at University Medical Center from multiple gunshot wounds. Police said a fight led to the shooting, and the shooter fled the scene. No arrests have been made.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1246147
LONGITUDE: -115.1559949
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DATE: 2/1/16
TIME: 1:40 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/inmate-stabbed-death-fight-indian-springs-prison
ADDRESS: High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs
NAME: Andrew Thurgood
GENDER: Male
AGE: 26
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Indian Springs
DECEASED BIO: Andrew Thurgood was fatally stabbed Feb. 1 while serving time at High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs. Prison officials said he was in fight with two other inmates. The 26-year-old was serving time for attempted possession of a stolen vehicle and had been incarcerated since Sept. 24. Correctional officers and medical staff found Thurgood in the prison's dayroom, and he died in the prison infirmary.
JURISDICTION: Nevada Corrections Department
SUSPECT INFO: Prison officials said two men were suspected to be connected to the stabbing, but they have not been named.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple stab wounds
LATITUDE: 36.514948
LONGITUDE: -115.5555188
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DATE: 2/1/16
TIME: 1:20 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-dead-after-monday-shooting-henderson
ADDRESS: Green Valley Parkway and La Mesa Drive (the Villas Apartments)
NAME: Johnny Dee Haney II
GENDER: Male
AGE: 26
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Henderson
DECEASED BIO: Johnny Dee Haney II was fatally shot in front of his Henderson apartment the day after his 26th birthday. Police found the man with multiple gunshots wounds on the afternoon of Feb. 1. Two suspects were arrested in connection with his death. Police have said Krystal Guice, 23, went to pick up her and Haney’s daughter and her boyfriend, Deonte "Tae" Coleman, 25, shot him in front of the 4-year-old. Loved ones remembered Haney as a good friend and affectionate father of two.
JURISDICTION: Henderson
SUSPECT INFO: Krystal Guice, 23, and Deonte Coleman, 25, were arrested Feb. 2.
SUSPECT BIO: Deonte Coleman is being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center to face a charge of murder with a deadly weapon. Krystal Guice is being charged as an accesory to murder. The jury trial for both defendents is scheduled to begin Nov. 21.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.0637531
LONGITUDE: -115.0861701
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DATE: 2/3/16
TIME: 2:39 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/metro-investigates-homicide-near-downtown-las-vegas
ADDRESS: 2300 Olive St.
NAME: John M. Vounas
GENDER: Male
AGE: 45
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: John M. Vounas, 45, died from multiple gunshot wounds in the early hours of Feb. 3.Police were dispatched to Olive Apartments about 2:40 a.m. and found Vounas lying outside the apartments at 2300 Olive St., near Charleston Boulevard and Fremont Street. He died at the scene. The motive for the shooting is unknown and no arrests have been made.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not released the names of any persons of interest or suspect descriptions.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.1560599
LONGITUDE: -115.1182257
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DATE: 2/4/16
TIME: 2:30 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/man-extremely-critical-after-being-shot-the-head-las-vegas-home
ADDRESS: 7483 Nookfield Drive
NAME: Zhihao Li
GENDER: Male
AGE: 40
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Zhihao Li, 40, died at University Medical Center after being shot in the head in a home near Spring Valley High School about 2:30 a.m. Feb. 4. Police said the shooting happened after a shouting match between Li and two men. At one point, one man fired a weapon, killing Li. The day after Li died, police announced an arrest warrant on charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder for Fuyan Liao, who is still wanted in connection to the shooting.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: An arrest warrant on charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder was issued for Fuyan Liao.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1187749
LONGITUDE: -115.2638764
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DATE: 2/4/16
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/one-man-dead-after-possible-drive-shooting-south-rainbow-curve
ADDRESS: South Rainbow Boulevard and Westcliff Drive intersection
NAME: Steven Wayne Spurlin
GENDER: Male
AGE: 27
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Las Vegan Steven Wayne Spurlin, 27, was fatally shot and killed at a gas station on the afternoon of Feb. 2. Police responded to a Chevron gas station near the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Westcliff Drive and found the man dead at the scene. The shots may have been fired from a vehicle, according to witnesses. No arrests have been made.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not released the names of any persons of interest or suspect descriptions.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.1738
LONGITUDE: -115.2444
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DATE: 2/5/16
TIME: 3:52 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/1-person-killed-southwest-valley-shooting-stabbing
ADDRESS: 10000 block of Keifer Valley Street
NAME: Devry Moore
GENDER: Male
AGE: 22
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Devry Moore, 22, of Las Vegas, was fatally shot during a fight with his father on Feb. 5. Police have said Moore stabbed his father four times with a hunting knife, before the father shot him. Moore died at the scene. The fight began about 4 p.m. in the 10000 block of Keifer Valley Street, near the intersection of Mountains Edge Parkway and Durango Drive. According to police, about five other family members were home when the fight took place. Moore's father, identified only as a 40-year-old man,has not been arrested.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: No arrests
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence, defensive
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.0069591
LONGITUDE: -115.27145
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DATE: 6/24/16
TIME: 9:24 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/1-dead-after-shooting-southeast-las-vegas-valley
ADDRESS: 5030 E. Tropicana Ave.
NAME: Shawn Stevens Manymules
GENDER: Male
AGE: 25
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Shawn Stevens Manymules, 25, was found in the southeast valley with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest June 24. Officers responded to the shooting in the 5100 block of Tropicana Avenue near the intersection with Nellis Boulevard about 9:20 p.m. Police said Manymules and two other men were fighting in front of a convenience store when one of the two men shot him. The two men then fled in a blue vehicle. Manymules died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. No arrests have been made.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.100477
LONGITUDE: -115.062713
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DATE: 6/26/16
TIME: 12:01 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/one-dead-two-injured-late-night-shooting
ADDRESS: 10400 block of Bermuda
NAME: Gianni Corsentino
GENDER: Male
AGE: 18
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Henderson
DECEASED BIO: Gianni Corsentino, 18, was slain in a triple shooting June 26 in the southern valley. Corsentino was killed and two men were wounded in the shooting just after midnight in the 10400 block of Bermuda Road, near Cactus Avenue. Corsentino lived his entire life in Las Vegas and was raised by his grandparents. He had just graduated from Liberty High School and was awarded a full baseball scholarship to the Community College of Rhode Island. Loved ones described Corsetino as a fun-loving, honest and respectful individual. He enjoyed playing video games.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: No arrests have been made. Las Vegas police said three men, including Corsentino, were inside a car in a convenience store parking lot when they got into an fight with two other men. One of the two men walked up to the car and fired a handgun at the car, hitting all three occupants. The two men ran from the parking lot and drove away from the scene in a dark-colored car, which police said may have been driven by a third person. Officers were searching for two black men in their 20s in connection with the shooting.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.0010646
LONGITUDE: -115.1571026
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DATE: 6/29/16
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/mother-killed-quadruple-murder-suicide-family-had-quit-work-was-scared-her-life
ADDRESS: 1900 N. Torrey Pines Drive
NAME: Xonajuk J.J. Dej-Oudom
GENDER: Male
AGE: 14
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom, 35, and her three children were killed by her husband on June 29. Police have said Jason Dej-Oudom, 32, fatally shot his wife in front of a northwest valley drug store on June 29. When police tracked the man to a nearby apartment complex later that night, they found the man had killed himself along with their children — Dalavanh Ariel Dej-Oudom, 15; Xonajuk J.J. Dej-Oudom, 14; and Anhurak Jason Dej-Oudom, 9. Nevada court records show that Phoukeo Dej-Oudom had filed for divorce a few weeks before she was killed. She also filed for a protection order against her husband, but it was denied without a hearing.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Jason Dej-Oudom, 32, killed himself.
SUSPECT BIO: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom married Jason Dej-Oudom in Franklin County in 2000. Out-of-state police records indicate that Jason Dej-Oudom had a decadelong history of abusing his wife and children. On Dec. 29, 2005, police in Fairfield, Ohio, responded to an emergency call from Phoukeo Dej-Oudom. She told police her husband had been choking, beating and kicking Dalavanh Dej-Oudom, then 5 years old. Phoukeo Dej-Oudom also suffered injuries to the back and left sides of her head from her husband punching her. Las Vegas police responded to a domestic violence incident at the family’s Torrey Pines condominium in June, but the department has refused to share details of that incident citing an open investigation. Police dispatch logs show that officers responded to the complex seven other times in June, including a call about a family disturbance on June 21 — the night before a custody hearing was to be held as part of the divorce.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1952526
LONGITUDE: -115.2267469
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DATE: 6/29/16
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/mother-killed-quadruple-murder-suicide-family-had-quit-work-was-scared-her-life
ADDRESS: 1900 N. Torrey Pines DrIve
NAME: Dalavanh Ariel Dej-Oudom
GENDER: Female
AGE: 15
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom, 35, and her three children were killed by her husband on June 29. Police have said Jason Dej-Oudom, 32, fatally shot his wife in front of a northwest valley drug store on June 29. When police tracked the man to a nearby apartment complex later that night, they found the man had killed himself along with their children — Dalavanh Ariel Dej-Oudom, 15; Xonajuk J.J. Dej-Oudom, 14; and Anhurak Jason Dej-Oudom, 9. Nevada court records show that Phoukeo Dej-Oudom had filed for divorce a few weeks before she was killed. She also filed for a protection order against her husband, but it was denied without a hearing.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Jason Dej-Oudom, 32, killed himself.
SUSPECT BIO: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom married Jason Dej-Oudom in Franklin County in 2000. Out-of-state police records indicate that Jason Dej-Oudom had a decadelong history of abusing his wife and children. On Dec. 29, 2005, police in Fairfield, Ohio, responded to an emergency call from Phoukeo Dej-Oudom. She told police her husband had been choking, beating and kicking Dalavanh Dej-Oudom, then 5 years old. Phoukeo Dej-Oudom also suffered injuries to the back and left sides of her head from her husband punching her. Las Vegas police responded to a domestic violence incident at the family’s Torrey Pines condominium in June, but the department has refused to share details of that incident citing an open investigation. Police dispatch logs show that officers responded to the complex seven other times in June, including a call about a family disturbance on June 21 — the night before a custody hearing was to be held as part of the divorce.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1952526
LONGITUDE: -115.2267469
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DATE: 6/29/16
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/mother-killed-quadruple-murder-suicide-family-had-quit-work-was-scared-her-life
ADDRESS: 1900 N. Torrey Pines DrIve
NAME: Anhurak Jason Dej-Oudom
GENDER: Male
AGE: 9
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom, 35, and her three children were killed by her husband on June 29. Police have said Jason Dej-Oudom, 32, fatally shot his wife in front of a northwest valley drug store on June 29. When police tracked the man to a nearby apartment complex later that night, they found the man had killed himself along with their children — Dalavanh Ariel Dej-Oudom, 15; Xonajuk J.J. Dej-Oudom, 14; and Anhurak Jason Dej-Oudom, 9. Nevada court records show that Phoukeo Dej-Oudom had filed for divorce a few weeks before she was killed. She also filed for a protection order against her husband, but it was denied without a hearing.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Jason Dej-Oudom, 32, killed himself.
SUSPECT BIO: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom married Jason Dej-Oudom in Franklin County in 2000. Out-of-state police records indicate that Jason Dej-Oudom had a decadelong history of abusing his wife and children. On Dec. 29, 2005, police in Fairfield, Ohio, responded to an emergency call from Phoukeo Dej-Oudom. She told police her husband had been choking, beating and kicking Dalavanh Dej-Oudom, then 5 years old. Phoukeo Dej-Oudom also suffered injuries to the back and left sides of her head from her husband punching her. Las Vegas police responded to a domestic violence incident at the family’s Torrey Pines condominium in June, but the department has refused to share details of that incident citing an open investigation. Police dispatch logs show that officers responded to the complex seven other times in June, including a call about a family disturbance on June 21 — the night before a custody hearing was to be held as part of the divorce.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1952526
LONGITUDE: -115.2267469
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DATE: 6/29/16
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/mother-killed-quadruple-murder-suicide-family-had-quit-work-was-scared-her-life
ADDRESS: 6101 W Lake Mead Blvd
NAME: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom
GENDER: Female
AGE: 35
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom, 35, and her three children were killed by her husband on June 29. Police have said Jason Dej-Oudom, 32, fatally shot his wife in front of a northwest valley drug store on June 29. When police tracked the man to a nearby apartment complex later that night, they found the man had killed himself along with their children — Dalavanh Ariel Dej-Oudom, 15; Xonajuk J.J. Dej-Oudom, 14; and Anhurak Jason Dej-Oudom, 9. Nevada court records show that Phoukeo Dej-Oudom had filed for divorce a few weeks before she was killed. She also filed for a protection order against her husband, but it was denied without a hearing.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Jason Dej-Oudom, 32, killed himself on the scene.
SUSPECT BIO: Phoukeo Dej-Oudom married Jason Dej-Oudom in Franklin County in 2000. Out-of-state police records indicate that Jason Dej-Oudom had a decadelong history of abusing his wife and children. On Dec. 29, 2005, police in Fairfield, Ohio, responded to an emergency call from Phoukeo Dej-Oudom. She told police her husband had been choking, beating and kicking Dalavanh Dej-Oudom, then 5 years old. Phoukeo Dej-Oudom also suffered injuries to the back and left sides of her head from her husband punching her. Las Vegas police responded to a domestic violence incident at the family’s Torrey Pines condominium in June, but the department has refused to share details of that incident citing an open investigation. Police dispatch logs show that officers responded to the complex seven other times in June, including a call about a family disturbance on June 21 — the night before a custody hearing was to be held as part of the divorce.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the head
LATITUDE: 36.1952526
LONGITUDE: -115.2267469
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DATE: 01/06/2016
TIME: 1:55 p.m.
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ADDRESS: 5917 Smoke Ranch Rd.
NAME: Sergio Francisco Agraz-Lopez
GENDER: Male
AGE: 19
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Sergio Agraz-Lopez, 19, died Jan. 6 after suffering a stroke, a complication from multiple gunshot wounds he suffered in June 2015. Agraz was shot twice and left in a coma. He had several surgeries and family thought he was beginning to recover when he suffered a severe stroke. He was a father to two daughters and an organ donor. Las Vegas police said he was shot by his girldfriend’s ex-boyfriend during a child custody exchange.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Emmanuel Linares, 21, was arrested after the initial attack in June 2015.
SUSPECT BIO: Emmanuel Linares was charged attempted murder and battery in connection with the case, which was dismissed without prejudice in November – before Sergio Agraz died. Murder charges have not been filed.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Domestic violence
CAUSE OF DEATH: Complications from multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.202429
LONGITUDE: -115.2247397
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DATE: 01/05/2016
TIME: 10:06 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/one-man-dead-another-arrested-central-valley-homicide
ADDRESS: 920 S. Decatur Blvd.
NAME: William Joel Bryan IV
GENDER: Male
AGE: 61
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Las Vegas police found William Joel Bryan IV, 61, unconscious in a tent in a desert area near South Decatur Boulevard and Alta Drive. Bryan was in the tent with a woman when another man entered and started punching him. Bryan, who was described as homeless, died at University Medical Center. Bryan, called Joel, was an Air Force veteran and a Texas native. He grew up on his family’s ranch in Brazoria County, Texas. He loved the outdoors, and his family said some of the happiest of his later years were spent breeding horses in Northern Nevada. He had been a resident of Nevada since 1971. In a funeral home obituary, his family asked that donations be made in Joel's name to the Wounded Warrior Project.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Tracy Morrison, 47, was arrested Jan. 6.
SUSPECT BIO: Tracy Morrison entered into an plea deal to a charge of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to two to five years in prison. Court minutes note that Morrison was told to participate in rehabilitation programs while incarcerated. In 2006, Tracy took a plea deal to an attempted grand larceny charge. In 2007, Tracy took a plea deal on a charge of possession of stolen goods. In 2009, home invasion-related charges against Morrison were dropped as part of a plea deal to a malicious destruction of private property charge. In 2011, Tracy took entered into a plea agreement on a charge of attempted sexual assault with a victim under 14.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Strangulation, blunt head trauma
LATITUDE: 36.1606586
LONGITUDE: -115.208641
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DATE: 1/28/16
TIME: 12:45 a.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/1-dead-1-critical-condition-after-shooting-las-vegas-bus-stop
ADDRESS: Eastern and Tropicana
NAME: Michael Pittenger Jr.
GENDER: Male
AGE: 32
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Michael Pittenger Jr. was a father of six, according to a GoFundMe page set up by his children's mother. "Their dad was recently shot and killed at a bus stop at tropicana and eastern - we are all heartbroken, ive been with him since we were both 14 years old," the woman wrote on the page. Pittenger and another man were approached by three to four Hispanic males in their late teens to early 20s about 12:45 a.m. the day of the shooting. An argument erupted and one of the Hispanic males pulled a gun and shot Pittenger and the other man, who was taken to University Medical Center in critical condition. Pittenger died at the hospital. "This just doesn't seem real," a woman claiming to be Pittenger's sister wrote on his Facebook page. "I've been missing my brother for so long and now will never see him. It hurts so bad."
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Police have not released the names of any persons of interest or suspect descriptions.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Dispute/Fight
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot wound to the chest
LATITUDE: 36.0998406
LONGITUDE: -115.1187749
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DATE: 01/21/2016
TIME: 9:24 p.m.
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/7-year-old-daughter-walked-aftermath-fathers-fatal-shooting
ADDRESS: 4870 Luxor Way
NAME: Kelvin Travis Johnson
GENDER: Male
AGE: 28
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Unknown
DECEASED BIO: Kelvin Travis Johnson, 28, was shot several times in front of his children’s home Jan. 21. He died at University Medical Center.
JURISDICTION: Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Las Vegas police have not made any arrests.
SUSPECT BIO:
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Multiple gunshot wounds
LATITUDE: 36.2222022
LONGITUDE: -115.069381
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DATE: 02/05/2016
TIME: Unknown
URL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/two-women-arrested-separate-north-las-vegas-child-abuse-cases
ADDRESS: 4701 N. Lawrence St.
NAME: Romelo Brayton
GENDER: Male
AGE: 0
CITY OF RESIDENCE: North Las Vegas
DECEASED BIO: Five-month-old Romelo Brayton was taken to University Medical Center on Feb. 3, hours after he was dropped on his head on a tile floor. The baby died two days later. North Las Vegas police said the boy was abused by a babysitter.
JURISDICTION: North Las Vegas
SUSPECT INFO: Cynthia Lavender, 54, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Feb. 23.
SUSPECT BIO: Cynthia Lavender was friends with baby Romelo’s mother and had been watching the child for a few weeks at her North Las Vegas home. Lavender told police a voice in her head told her to drop the baby, who hit a tile floor, became unresponsive and later died. A grand jury indicted Lavender on Aug. 25 on charges of murder and multiple counts of child abuse resulting in substantial bodily harm. She is due in court for a preliminary hearing Sept. 9.
MOTIVE/RELATIONSHIP: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Unknown
LATITUDE: 36.2452307
LONGITUDE: -115.1244219