Suspect in 2016 slaying in Last Vegas returned to face murder count

A fishy has been arrested successful the 2016 point-blank slaying of a antheral wrong his car successful cardinal Las Vegas, according to Metropolitan Police Department records.

Parcellus Jones, 21, appeared successful Las Vegas Justice Court Tuesday greeting aft being transferred to Clark County from Southern California connected Monday. No bail was acceptable and helium remained successful custody astatine the Clark County Detention Center connected 1 number of murder, jailhouse logs show.

Police responded connected April 27, 2016, to the Shadow Ridge Apartment Homes astatine 3200 Arville Street, southbound of Desert Inn Road, and recovered 27-year-old Merral Errik-Lynbert Stowe wounded successful his Nissan Altima.

The car was inactive moving and a weapon loop astir his waist had an bare holster, starring investigators to judge that the “killer apt stole his gun,” constabulary said.

Two years later, the FBI determined that handprints taken from the car belonged to Jones, constabulary said.

Jones, who was 15 astatine the clip of the slaying, was questioned by Metro homicide detectives successful a California jailhouse successful summertime 2019 aft being arrested connected counts of robbery with a deadly limb and kidnapping successful Rancho Cucamonga, California,

Jones archetypal told detectives helium was unaware of the killing, but past said that helium was drinking with Stowe erstwhile the unfortunate was shot, constabulary said.

Jones said some men were sitting successful the car erstwhile idiosyncratic reached successful the passenger’s broadside with a long-barrel pistol and opened fire, striking Stowe, who was successful the driver’s seat, according to police.

Next, the shooter pointed the weapon astatine Jones and pulled the trigger, but the weapon “jammed,” helium told detectives.

Jones said that aft the gunman left, helium grabbed the vessel of intoxicant helium had been sharing with Stowe and returned to his flat successful the complex.

A information guard, not Jones, reported the shooting astir 12:20 a.m. Stowe died astatine University Medical Center, constabulary said.

In a follow-up interrogation with Jones weeks later, detectives suggested the ineligible strategy mightiness connection leniency if helium admitted to the shooting due to the fact that helium was a insignificant erstwhile it occurred, constabulary said.

Near the extremity of the interview, detectives told Jones that the unfortunate “had a young girl erstwhile this occurred and she deserved immoderate closure, and if helium was progressive helium should bash the close thing,” constabulary said.

As detectives were driving backmost to Las Vegas, California constabulary contacted them saying Jones had asked if what they told him astir leniency was true.

On Nov. 7, 2019, Las Vegas constabulary acquired a execution warrant that named Jones.

The tribunal records bash not item what led to Jones’ transportation to Clark County.

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