LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A decide set bail Friday at $263,000 for the person accused of capturing and killing a canine within the east Las Vegas valley.
Kevin Hoskins, 34, faces animal abuse and gun-related costs for the capturing on April 23, information mentioned. The capturing occurred within the 6000 block of Halehaven Drive, close to East Bonanza Street and North Sloan Lane, police mentioned.
Officers discovered a person, later recognized as Hoskins, standing on the street. Police mentioned the canine was lifeless from obvious gunshot wounds inside a kennel inside the home.
By means of investigation, detectives discovered that Hoskins was “upset” with the canine and made threats that he was going to kill it.
In 2017, Hoskins confronted a cost of homicide with a lethal weapon in North Las Vegas, information mentioned. Hoskins informed police he shot a person in self-defense as that man tried to get into his condominium.
A number of months after Hoskins’ arrest, prosecutors dropped the case over the self-defense declare, paperwork mentioned.
In 2014, Hoskins confronted a cost of aiming a gun at one other particular person, information mentioned. A decide later diminished the cost to disorderly conduct and ordered Hoskins to finish impulse management counseling. Hoskins accomplished the counseling, and a decide closed the case, information mentioned.
Particular particulars about Wednesday’s canine killing weren’t accessible but as of Friday. 8 Information Now was awaiting a public information request for extra data.
Hoskins was due in courtroom on April 29 when a decide might readdress his bail.
