LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 19-year-old charged with homicide advised police he “knew he had to kill” the sufferer earlier than taking pictures him at the back of the pinnacle, in keeping with paperwork.
On Feb. 17, at round 2:40 a.m., Las Vegas Fireplace and Rescue was referred to as a couple of man needing medical help within the 6800 block of North Durango Drive close to Deer Springs Means. The decision was transferred to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division when the caller stated the individual in want of assist “could be suicidal and had taken 30 pills.”
Arriving officers discovered a person wrapped in a white sheet with blood coming from his head close to a set of steps in entrance of a enterprise. Officers gave the person CPR and when medical personnel arrived they took over life-saving measures earlier than a physician from UMC pronounced the person lifeless, in keeping with an arrest report.
In the course of the preliminary CPR, an officer discovered a bullet contained in the white sheet. The sufferer had a gunshot wound to the pinnacle.
Surveillance video from a close-by enterprise confirmed an unknown man close to the sufferer at round 3 a.m., the report said.
A witness who lived close by advised police he awakened at 3 a.m. after listening to noises outdoors. He stated Joshua Martinez, 19, was answerable for the taking pictures.
Metro officers went to Martinez’s residence and took him into custody. A search of the residence discovered two handguns.
Throughout an interview with police, Martinez advised police he had “murderous thoughts lately,” that appeared to get “more intense” when he drank alcohol, the report said.
Within the early hours of Feb. 17, Martinez stated he drank some alcohol and determined to attempt to steal cash from his mother and father, in keeping with the report. He advised police he stole his father or mother’s financial institution card and walked to a close-by financial institution and tried to withdraw cash, however failed as a result of he didn’t have the proper PIN.
Whereas he was on the ATM, Martinez stated he noticed a bunch of males in white hoodies and thought they have been watching him. When he received again dwelling, he was paranoid and thought the group could have adopted him, the report said.
He advised police he grabbed two weapons and walked again towards the financial institution to search for the lads and located the sufferer strolling on the sidewalk wrapped in a white hoodie and requested him if he noticed anybody within the space, in keeping with the report.
The sufferer stated no and requested if he might use Martinez’s cellphone to name the hospital. Martinez stated he advised the sufferer there was a hospital throughout the road and supplied to stroll him there, however the sufferer needed to go to a distinct hospital, the report said.
The 2 continued to stroll and speak till they reached the steps the place the sufferer was ultimately discovered and sat all the way down to proceed their dialog. Martinez advised police he advised the sufferer he “wanted to murder someone,” and the sufferer stated he “felt that way sometimes too.”
In the course of the dialog, the sufferer advised Martinez he as soon as let somebody on fireplace and Martinez advised police that “something clicked” when he stated that and Martinez “knew he had to kill him,” the report said.
Martinez requested the sufferer if he needed extra alcohol and supplied to go inside and purchase some. He stood and walked behind the sufferer and shot him at the back of the pinnacle. Martinez then ran away, in keeping with the report.
Martinez was held with out bail on the Clark County Detention Middle, the place he faces a cost of open homicide with using a lethal weapon. His subsequent court docket look was scheduled for April 8.
