LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Police said a 5-year-old child is at UMC after a 31-year-old man allegedly discharged a firearm through a wall that struck the child.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department accused Arreion Willoughby of 7 counts of child neglect and child abuse resulting in substantial bodily harm with a deadly weapon. Justice Court records show that he's also charged with being a prohibited person with a handgun and one charge of discharging a gun into an occupied structure.
Abuse and neglect detectives responded to the scene, located at 1200 South Torrey Pines Drive, around 4:02 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20.
Arriving officers said they found the mother of the child asking for help outside an apartment. Police entered and found a child in a fetal-like position in a puddle of blood. Police said it was initially believed that the child fell and hit her head.
Medical personnel later revealed that the child suffered a gunshot wound to her right shoulder blade.
According to an arrest report, Willoughby lived in an apartment that shared a common wall where the child was found in the other bathroom.
According to an incident report, police found a small hole, consistent with a gunshot wound, on the south wall of the bathroom. Police said the south wall is a common wall with apartment 115, where Willoughby was arrested.
Police also said they found video evidence that showed Willoughby being the only adult at home at the time of the incident occurring next door. The arrest report said the video showed the shooting suspect "flinch" and step back away from the area where the bullet hole was found after a loud "bang."
In the arrest report, police said they did not know if the child would survive her injuries.
The incident report revealed that the shooting suspect was previously convicted in Nevada for robbery in 2016 and in 2021 for prohibited persons in possession of a firearm.
