Man arrested in fatal shooting of ex-girlfriend in east valley

A antheral has been arrested successful the November sidesplitting successful eastbound Las Vegas of a pistillate helium had “previously dated,” the Metropolitan Police Department said Tuesday.

James Rico Houston, 24, was booked Monday into the Clark County connected a number of murder. He is separately being held connected an out-of-state fugitive warrant, Las Vegas Justice Court records show.

Officers were summoned astir 1:40 a.m. connected Nov. 22 to an flat analyzable successful the 5100 artifact of Sahara Avenue, eastbound of Nellis Boulevard, and recovered Jessica Loggins dead, constabulary said.

The 27-year-old unfortunate died astatine the country from a gunshot coiled to the stomach, the Clark County coroner’s bureau said.

The shooting stemmed from a quarrel wrong the apartment, constabulary said.

Police obtained a warrant for Houston’s apprehension the pursuing day, tribunal records show.

Houston greeting appeared successful tribunal connected Tuesday and was ordered held without bail, records show.

He is adjacent owed successful tribunal Monday.

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