LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Henderson police launched bodycam footage Thursday of an officer-involved taking pictures involving a person accused of hitting a sergeant with a Jeep.
The taking pictures happened on Monday, Jan. 13 in a parking zone at 120 East Lake Mead Parkway.
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The 28-second video police launched exhibits the moments after officers had been notified concerning the Jeep within the parking zone. Within the video, the sergeant may be seen inside his automobile after finding the suspected driver of the Jeep who was later recognized as Johnathan Gaston, 43.
Because the sergeant approaches the Jeep to contact the driving force, he accelerates, hanging the sergeant with the automobile. The video then exhibits the sergeant discharging his firearm on the Jeep, hanging the driving force within the arm. In keeping with police, the driving force crashed into one other automobile.
After the crash, police stated the driving force left the realm however was discovered inside a close-by enterprise. A passenger was additionally positioned individually, interviewed and launched.
Henderson Police have launched bodycam footage of an officer-involved taking pictures after an officer noticed a Jeep with a stolen license plate in a parking zone. (Henderson Police)
The sergeant was then taken to a close-by hospital and was later discharged. Gaston was taken to the hospital and after therapy was booked within the Henderson Detention Middle the place he faces the next expenses:
1 depend of tried homicide with a lethal weapon
1 depend of resisting a police officer with a lethal weapon
1 depend of responsibility to cease at an accident leading to harm
1 depend of battery with a lethal weapon with substantial bodily hurt
The sergeant has been positioned on paid administrative depart pending the end result of the investigation.
The incident marked the primary officer-involved taking pictures in Henderson for 2025.
On the time of Monday’s incident, Gaston was on home arrest on housebreaking and gun expenses following his September 2024 arrest in Las Vegas, information stated. On Sept. 23, Gaston allegedly accelerated a stolen automotive right into a police cruiser, paperwork obtained by the 8 Information Now Investigators stated. Officers responded to a report of a driver, later recognized as Gaston, sleeping behind the wheel of a working automotive at a fuel station.
Anybody with info on this case is urged to name the Henderson Police Division at 702-267-4911, 311, or to stay nameless, name Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
On the finish of the video, Henderson police said {that a} essential incident briefing with extra info could be launched in a number of weeks. No different info was launched.
