LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas police are connecting a man to two January homicides.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received reports of a shooting in the early morning hours of Jan. 9 in the 1800 block of Franklin Avenue.
Responding officers located an unresponsive adult male laying in the street and suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was later pronounced deceased at the scene.
Police say the victim was chased down the street by an unidentified suspect - later identified as 42-year-old Jesus Gonzalez - who shot the victim then fled the area.
Gonzalez was booked on a count of Open Murder with a Deadly Weapon on Feb. 16.
Editors note: A previous version of this story stated Gonzalez was also connected to a homicide near the Strat on West Baltimore Avenue. The information was given to Channel 13 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. They have since issued a correction.
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— LVMPD (@LVMPD) February 25, 2023
42-year-old, Jesus Gonzalez, has been arrested for the homicide that occurred on January 9, 2023 in the area of Charleston Blvd/Eastern Blvd. and the homicide that occurred on January 9, 2023 in the area of Ogden Ave/Bruce St. pic.twitter.com/5RxTCUj3tP
