Couple charged with shooting woman in the head during carjacking

Las Vegas constabulary person arrested a mates successful a carjacking and shooting successful cardinal Las Vegas connected Saturday day that near a pistillate gravely wounded.

Edchela Robinson, 20, of Phoenix, and her boyfriend, Jaylynn Brown, 17, of Las Vegas, were each charged with attempted execution and aggregate different felonies successful the onslaught astatine an flat analyzable connected the 6200 artifact of West Tropicana Avenue, adjacent South Jones Boulevard.

Las Vegas constabulary said successful apprehension reports for the mates that a pistillate motorist was sitting successful her car astatine the apartments, talking connected her compartment telephone astatine 2:57 p.m. erstwhile she was approached by a antheral and pistillate she didn’t know. The pistillate pointed a weapon astatine the motorist’s caput and demanded her keys.

“(The victim) instantly launched herself from her conveyance and tackled the pistillate to the crushed wherever they began to fight,” constabulary wrote successful the reports.

The weapon fell to the crushed during the struggle, and the antheral assailant picked it up and changeable the motorist successful the head, constabulary said.

“The adjacent happening she knew her caput was ringing and she was bleeding profusely,” the unfortunate told police, adding “she looked implicit and saw that the antheral had the weapon and that helium had changeable her successful the head.”

The victim’s car was stolen, constabulary said, but she someway survived and called 911. She was capable to pass earlier being rushed to a section hospital, but nary accusation connected her information was disposable connected Friday.

The adjacent time successful Henderson, astatine 7:07 a.m., Robinson and Brown were stopped by Henderson constabulary successful the victim’s car astatine 45 E. Horizon Ridge Parkway, constabulary said. Police said some confessed to their engagement successful the carjacking and shooting and said they carried retired the transgression due to the fact that they needed a car truthful Brown could woody with Robinson’s ex-boyfriend.

A preliminary proceeding successful the lawsuit is scheduled for Oct. 13 for Robinson and Oct. 14 for Brown successful Las Vegas Justice Court.

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