LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person police mentioned shot and killed a person inside a truck on a Las Vegas freeway over the weekend advised police the sufferer threatened him and his household and he “had no choice but to shoot him,” in keeping with paperwork 8 Information Now obtained.
On Sunday, March 2, at round 7:15 a.m., officers with the North Las Vegas Police Division responded to the southbound Interstate 15, north of the Cheyenne Avenue off-ramp, after a person referred to as 911 and mentioned he shot somebody inside a truck.
The particular person calling, later recognized as Joseph De Luna, 28, advised 911 he was “threatened by someone” and “had no choice but to shoot him,” in keeping with an arrest report. He mentioned they had been in a truck on the shoulder of the freeway.
De Luna mentioned the sufferer, who he referred to as his buddy, was “deceased,” and De Luna “emptied [his] clip in him” earlier than placing his gun within the heart console of the truck.
Arriving officers took De Luna into custody. Police discovered the sufferer, who the coroner’s workplace had not publicly recognized as of Monday, within the again seat of the truck with a number of gunshot wounds. Medical personnel pronounced him useless on the scene.
De Luna advised detectives on the scene that he was hanging out on Fremont Avenue with the sufferer the evening earlier than, and the 2 determined to drive round. De Luna mentioned he was ingesting closely and did not keep in mind the place they drove, however mentioned the sufferer advised him he labored for a visitors cone firm “of some sort,” the report acknowledged.
De Luna mentioned the sufferer advised him he was going to work for him and if he did not, the sufferer “had the capability of hurting [De Luna] and his family,” the report mentioned.
He advised police he turned involved for his security and placed on his seatbelt earlier than he reached over and put his truck into park whereas they drove. De Luna mentioned the brakes locked up, the truck veered to the suitable shoulder, and so they “sideswiped” the barrier bordering the freeway, in keeping with the report.
De Luna mentioned the sufferer mentioned, “What did you do that for? Now I’m going to hurt you for real,” and started “shifting” his physique. De Luna mentioned he thought the sufferer had a gun, so he shot the sufferer a number of occasions, the report acknowledged. De Luna then moved the sufferer to the again seat and advised police he “didn’t know why he did that.”
Based on the arrest report, there was no proof the sufferer had a gun on the time of the taking pictures. Police discovered 12 cartridge circumstances within the truck.
De Luna mentioned he referred to as his girlfriend and mentioned he killed somebody earlier than he referred to as 911 and advised the dispatcher.
A member of the family of the sufferer advised police he was with the sufferer and De Luna the evening earlier than the taking pictures, and whereas hanging out, De Luna “began snorting cocaine” and used it all through the evening, the report acknowledged. The member of the family mentioned they noticed De Luna holding his gun at numerous occasions all through the evening.
They advised police that De Luna confronted the sufferer about “trying to talk to [De Luna]’s ex-girlfriend” however mentioned the encounter was not violent. He additionally mentioned De Luna was “acting paranoid” and at one level requested the sufferer to “punch him in the face,” in keeping with the report.
Police booked De Luna into the North Las Vegas Group Correctional Heart the place he was held with out bail. He faces a cost of open homicide with a lethal weapon and his subsequent court docket look was scheduled for March 4.
