Lethal Las Vegas capturing suspect believed neighbor was attempting to poison him, so he plotted to kill him: report

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A neighborly relationship that began pleasant turned lethal in an residence advanced close to the Las Vegas Strip.

Alexander Ayres, 47, instructed police he believed his neighbor was attempting to poison him with medication and could be chargeable for parasites he believed to be in his hair and fingernails, in line with the arrest report.

Ayres is accused of capturing Ray “James” Davis Jr., who was standing exterior his residence round 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 29. The capturing occurred at 234 W. Chicago Avenue, the place each males lived as neighbors in an residence advanced close to Industrial Street and Wyoming Avenue.

Man accused of capturing, killing neighbor close to Las Vegas Strip

Davis, both 65 or 66, was transported to College Medical Heart, the place he was pronounced lifeless just a few hours later. When police arrived at Ayres’ residence, he instructed officers he was chargeable for the capturing and was taken into custody, the report said.

Ayres overtly admitted to police that he used alcohol and medicines, together with methamphetamine, day by day, even on the day of the capturing, as a result of it gave him extra mobility, in line with the report. Investigators famous Ayres’ timeline of occasions was “sporadic” and he tended to ramble in “unintelligible tangents.”

Whereas Ayres stated the 2 had been pleasant, he stated he had just lately begun to really feel in another way about Davis and started plotting how he would kill him the day earlier than the capturing, courtroom paperwork stated.

Davis was shot a number of instances by the locked display screen door of Ayres’ residence. Ayres can also be accused of opening the door and capturing him some extra.

Courtroom paperwork said Ayres by no means denied the capturing and stated he would go to jail with no regrets. He stated he would solely really feel remorseful if somebody may persuade him he was “crazy.”

Ayres is at present being held within the Clark County Detention Heart and has two prior convictions for illegally possessing a gun as a result of he’s a felon, courtroom information confirmed.

Ayres instructed police he bought the stolen gun just a few years earlier and filed off the serial quantity.

Ayres is dealing with fees of homicide, possessing a gun whereas being a prohibited individual, and eradicating the serial quantity on a gun. He has a 72-hour courtroom listening to scheduled for April 2.