Suspect in random convenience store shooting identified

The fishy accused successful a random shooting astatine a southbound Las Vegas convenience store aboriginal Thursday, sidesplitting a man, is Jesus Javier Uribe, Metropolitan Police Department records show.

Uribe, 22, was being held astatine the Clark County Detention Center connected a number of murder, 2 counts of attempted murder, and counts of robbery, burglary and discharging a weapon into an occupied structure, Las Vegas Justice Court logs show.

He was expected successful tribunal Friday afternoon.

Las Vegas constabulary allege Uribe changeable into 2 cars extracurricular the Short Line Express Market, 7730 S. Jones Blvd.

One of the cars was occupied by a antheral who was waiting for his girlfriend, who was successful the store. He died astatine University Medical Center from aggregate gunshot wounds, constabulary said.

Uribe past walked wrong the store and changeable astatine people, narrowly missing astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic who had ducked adjacent a cooler, constabulary said.

After the shooting, which was reported astir 12:30 a.m. Thursday, constabulary enactment retired a photograph of Uribe. A tipster led constabulary to a adjacent vicinity wherever helium was arrested pursuing a abbreviated standoff.

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