Man arrested in August killing at Las Vegas apartment complex

A antheral has been arrested connected a execution complaint successful an August slaying astatine a southeast Las Vegas flat complex, jailhouse records show.

Edward Charles Jones, 28, was booked astatine the Clark County Detention Center connected a azygous number of execution with usage of a deadly limb Thursday. He was booked nether the aforesaid Las Vegas constabulary lawsuit fig created for the sidesplitting of Donald Shields Jr., 30, of Las Vegas connected Aug. 9.

Police person not disclosed wherefore they judge Jones is liable for the killing.

Officers were called to the flat successful the 4800 artifact of East Tropicana Avenue, adjacent Nellis Boulevard, astatine 8:35 a.m. They recovered Shields suffering from evident trauma. He died astatine the scene. The Clark County coroner’s bureau determined that Shields was shot successful the head.

Jones was scheduled for an archetypal quality successful Las Vegas Justice Court Friday morning.

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