Son stole father’s car, money to flee after fatal shooting, police say

Police released caller details Tuesday astir the time they said a antheral changeable his begetter earlier taking his car and wealth and leaving the state.

Roy Gaines, 66, of Mountain House, California, was fatally shot astatine his son’s location successful the 5000 artifact of Sagelyn Street.

Justin Gaines, 30, called his parents connected the greeting of Dec. 14, disquieted that helium would beryllium evicted from his location for not paying his mortgage, according to an apprehension study from the Metropolitan Police Department released Tuesday.

“(Gaines’ mother) contacted Roy who was much than blessed to travel retired to Las Vegas to assistance Justin,” constabulary wrote successful the report. “Roy booked the archetypal formation from Northern California to Las Vegas.”

The pistillate told constabulary she stopped proceeding from some men astir 3 p.m. that day, truthful she and her different lad flew to Las Vegas the adjacent day, erstwhile they recovered Roy Gaines dormant wrong his son’s doorway.

The Clark County coroner’s bureau ruled Gaines died from a gunshot coiled to the back.

Justin Gaines was recovered 2 days aboriginal successful San Simon, Arizona, adjacent the borderline with New Mexico. He was arrested by Arizona State Troopers successful a car registered to his father, according to the constabulary report.

He was recovered with respective 100 dollars that constabulary judge was taken from his father.

Justin Gaines had not yet been extradited to Las Vegas, according to jailhouse records.

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