Global Courant 2023-04-25 13:07:56
The suspect was already detained on unrelated charges in a detention center.
An arrest has been made for the murder of a homeless person living in a drainage canal in Las Vegas two months ago.
The incident occurred at approximately 2:40 a.m. on Feb. 20 when the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received a report of an unresponsive man located at a drainage canal near Arville Street and Harmon Avenue, just two miles west of the famous Las Vegas Boulevard.
“The investigation led by the LVMPD Homicide Division shows that the victim lived in the drainage canal where the shooting took place,” authorities said in a statement released Monday. “After being shot, the victim left the canal and collapsed.”
The unnamed victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the crime, police said.
Jemiah Garner, 34, has been arrested for the murder of a homeless man living in a Las Vegas drainage canal two months ago in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
However, a breakthrough in the case came last Thursday when LVMPD detectives were able to identify 34-year-old Jemiah Garner as a suspect in the murder that took place two months ago.
Garner, who was already in custody on unrelated charges at the Clark County Detention Center, was rebooked last Thursday for open murder with a deadly weapon, police said.
Authorities have not released any information about the possible connection between the two men or what may have led to the shooting, but investigations into the matter are ongoing.
Anyone with any information regarding this incident is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide Department by phone at 702-828-3521 or by email at [email protected].
