Police, DA disagree on charges for man accused in fatal shooting

Prosecutors person charged a 26-year-old Las Vegas antheral with felony artillery and different charges for fatally shooting a antheral successful a sidesplitting that constabulary classified arsenic self-defense.

An apprehension study released Thursday for the shooter details the moments starring up to the fatal shooting of Bobby Jones, 58, aft helium allegedly pulled a weapon during a intelligence episode.

Isiah Tisby told constabulary helium and his woman were visiting Jones connected Nov. 1 astir 1:45 p.m. astatine an flat connected the 900 artifact of East Twain Avenue erstwhile helium pulled retired a weapon and started threatening Tisby’s girlfriend, according to the Metropolitan Police Department report.

Tisby’s woman told constabulary that Jones started acting erratically earlier swinging the weapon astir and threatening to “slice her up,” according to the report.

Tisby told officers the antheral past came astatine him “swinging the knife” truthful helium pulled retired a achromatic semi-automatic handgun and changeable him successful the head.

The Clark County coroner’s bureau ruled that Jones died 10 days aboriginal astatine Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center from blunt unit caput trauma. His mode of decease was ruled a homicide.

The Metropolitan Police Department declined to supply further information, saying that the lawsuit was nether reappraisal by the territory attorney’s office. The department’s homicide log indicates constabulary judge the decease was successful self-defense.

But the Clark County territory attorney’s bureau connected Monday said that Tisby was criminally charged, meaning they did not see the sidesplitting to beryllium a lawsuit of self-defense.

Tisby said helium ran disconnected aft the shooting and dumped the weapon successful a dumpster connected University Center Drive, according to the apprehension report. Detectives identified him utilizing information footage from the flat analyzable and a witnesser who told constabulary Tisby was released from situation successful August.

Clark County District Court records amusement Tisby was sentenced to service astatine slightest 19 months successful the Nevada Department of Corrections successful July 2019 aft helium pleading blameworthy to artillery resulting successful important bodily harm.

Isiah Tisby was charged Nov. 9 with artillery with usage of a deadly weapon, discharging a weapon into an occupied operation and being a prohibited idiosyncratic successful possession of a gun, according to tribunal documents.

He is being held connected $1,000 bail and is scheduled for a preliminary proceeding Jan. 10.

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