LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person accused of capturing and killing a girl inside his Las Vegas residence at a celebration fled to a member of the family’s home in Arizona and allegedly instructed them to not name police, paperwork stated.
On Sunday, Feb. 16 at round 4 p.m., officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division responded to a house within the 2100 block of Naco Courtroom after a resident discovered a physique in one among his bedrooms following a small get together the night time earlier than.
The one who known as 911 stated he didn’t know the girl, later recognized as 26-year-old Marisela Rodriguez, in response to an arrest warrant obtained by 8 Information Now.
Rodriguez was lined by a blanket and responding officers seen she was “cold to the touch,” the doc said. Medical personnel arrived and pronounced her useless on the scene. She was shot within the head and neck, the Clark County coroner’s workplace stated.
Officers spoke with the residents of the house they usually stated their member of the family, Steven Flores, 23, typically hosted “kickbacks” or small informal gatherings and had a number of individuals over the night time earlier than Rodriguez’s loss of life.
The arrest warrant famous that Flores is a documented gang member with prior firearm-related prices, together with one incident the place he by chance shot himself.
They instructed police they went to mattress round 3 a.m. and seen the kickback was nonetheless occurring at the moment. The household instructed police they didn’t know anybody Flores invited over and didn’t see or hear something associated to a capturing, in response to the doc.
Flores shares the house with a number of members of the family together with his mother and father and siblings, police stated.
Flores’ sister instructed police she went to make use of the toilet at round 1 a.m. and noticed Flores with a girl matching Rodriguez’s description within the hallway.
Certainly one of his brothers went to Flores’ room at round 3 p.m. to search for a telephone charger and seen one thing was blocking the door, the doc stated. The brother noticed Rodriguez mendacity on the bottom behind the door lined by a blanket and went to get his mom and different members of the family.
After discovering Rodriguez, a number of members of the family tried to contact Flores once they realized he was not residence. He didn’t reply any telephone calls and his household instructed police it was uncommon for him to go away with out telling anybody as a result of he doesn’t personal a automobile.
Rodriguez’s sister arrived on the residence whereas police have been investigating and members of the family have been in a position to assist establish for her, the doc said. Her sister instructed police Rodriguez dropped her youngsters off on the sister’s home so Rodriguez may attend a celebration.
Rodriguez’s automobile was lacking from the scene and on the time the arrest warrant was granted, it was nonetheless excellent.
A good friend of Rodriguez’s instructed police that Flores and Rodriguez briefly dated a number of years prior however the relationship ended as a result of Rodriguez received again along with the daddy of her youngsters, the doc said.
She instructed police that Rodriguez instructed her that in November 2024, Flores and Rodriguez have been in an “altercation” and Flores shot a weapon close to Rodriguez’s legs, in response to the doc.
Flores’ grandfather instructed police that he owns a house in Dolan Springs, Arizona, and often travels between the 2. On Feb. 17, the grandfather was on the residence when Flores arrived with a shotgun.
The grandfather instructed police he didn’t know the way Flores received there, however already knew that Rodriguez’s physique was present in Flores’ residence and urged him to show himself in.
Flores instructed his grandfather that he thought he killed somebody, however refused to show himself in and instructed the grandfather to not contact legislation enforcement.
On Thursday, Feb. 20, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace took Flores into custody in Dolan Springs, Arizona.
Police didn’t say what prices Flores faces, though courtroom information present he faces a cost of open homicide with the usage of a lethal weapon. The arrest warrant didn’t checklist a motive.
His extradition from Arizona to Las Vegas was pending as of Tuesday.
