Las Vegas woman accused of killing man who allegedly beat her friend

A Las Vegas pistillate arrested connected a execution complaint believed she was exacting revenge for her friend’s beating, constabulary say.

An apprehension warrant alleges that a person told Tiffany Lee, 41, that she had been “battered” by Kelvin Earl Johnson, 56.

Johnson was recovered dormant from a gunshot coiled adjacent West Monroe Avenue and H Street conscionable aft midnight connected May 25. His decease was ruled a homicide, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.

According to the warrant, Lee was heard by saying she was going to “get this mother” by aggregate witnesses earlier Johnson’s slaying.

A witnesser told detectives that Lee changeable Johnson and past got into a car and fled, according to the warrant. The car belonged to David Duke, 62. Booking logs amusement that Duke was booked connected Aug. 5 connected charges of harboring, concealing oregon aiding a felony offender and violating his parole.

Analysts examined Lee’s compartment telephone records, according to the warrant, and recovered that she was astatine the country erstwhile the shooting occurred. They besides recovered that the phone’s movements were accordant with the car’s movements arsenic it was leaving the scene.

In an interrogation with detectives, Duke admitted that the car was his, but denied knowing thing astir the shooting.

Lee was charged with 1 number of unfastened murder. She had a tribunal quality scheduled for Wednesday.

Contact Jonah Dylan astatine jdylan@reviewjournal.com. Follow @TheJonahDylan connected Twitter.