Cameras, witness lead to arrest in Las Vegas slaying

A Las Vegas antheral is facing a execution complaint aft constabulary said a witnesser and respective cameras linked him to a fatal shooting, according to an apprehension study released Tuesday.

Atlas Rommell, 32, was arrested precocious past week and held without bail astatine the Clark County Detention Center, according to jailhouse records.

Rommell is suspected of fatally shooting 57-year-old Jeffrey Riha successful the caput connected Aug. 4 adjacent Maryland Parkway and Wilson Avenue, northbound of Bonanza Road, according to a study from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Riha was recovered dormant connected the sidewalk astir 10:45 p.m. that day. Investigators spoke with a witnesser who said she heard a azygous gunshot and saw a antheral walking eastbound of the transgression scene, constabulary said. She described the covering of the antheral she saw.

Police reviewed surveillance video from the country that showed a antheral successful the country an hr earlier the shooting, wearing apparel that matched the woman’s description. At 1 point, helium was walking with different antheral and a pistillate whom a adjacent flat manager identified arsenic tenants.

The antheral told constabulary Rommell was his brother, who stayed with the mates until helium started acting strangely connected Aug. 4. The pistillate said she had kicked him retired of their flat that night, and helium walked disconnected and the mates had not seen him since.

The antheral and the pistillate some denied proceeding a gunshot, and erstwhile constabulary showed them surveillance footage, his member said helium could not place Rommell successful the video.

Rommell is scheduled for a bail proceeding Wednesday, according to tribunal records.

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