LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person faces a homicide cost practically a 12 months after officers positioned one other man deceased inside an house, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
Djoin Merriweather-Bell, 28, faces prices of open homicide, residential housebreaking and theft, information stated. Merriweather-Bell’s identify is spelled as “Marriweather” in courtroom information.
On Oct. 9, 2024, officers responded to a report of a “physical altercation” in an house close to Desert Inn Highway and Arville Road, they stated. Responding officers discovered a 28-year-old man who was later decided to be deceased.
The sufferer was contained in the house together with his girlfriend when her ex-boyfriend arrived, police stated within the hours after the homicide. Police stated there was a “disagreement” that changed into a bodily combat contained in the house.
Police didn’t describe their suspect on the time due to “conflicting descriptions,” they stated within the aftermath.
Merriweather-Bell faces one other cost of battery leading to substantial bodily hurt for a December 2024 incident, information stated.
Metro police issued a warrant for his arrest on July 18. He was scheduled to look in courtroom on Thursday.
