LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — What was presupposed to be a enjoyable Saturday night time home celebration led to chaos and heartbreak when a drive-by capturing claimed the lives of two Las Vegas younger males.
Erick Roque, 18, and Efrian Guevara, 20, have been killed July 13, 2024, within the 3000 block of Kaibab Avenue close to East Owens Avenue and North Mojave Street.
Erick Roque, 18, and Efrian Guevara, 20, have been killed July 13, 2024, within the 3000 block of Kaibab Ave. close to E. Owens Avenue and N. Mojave Street (Courtesy of Ofelia Markarian Legislation Group)
Efrian Guevara, 20, was killed July 13, 2024, within the 3000 block of Kaibab Ave. close to E. Owens Ave. and N. Mojave Rd (Courtesy of Ofelia Markarian Legislation Group)
Erick Roque, 18,, was killed July 13, 2024, within the 3000 block of Kaibab Ave. close to E. Owens Ave. and N. Mojave Rd (Courtesy of Ofelia Markarian Legislation Group)
Efrian Guevara, 20, was killed July 13, 2024, within the 3000 block of Kaibab Ave. close to E. Owens Ave. and N. Mojave Rd (Courtesy of Ofelia Markarian Legislation Group)
Erick Roque, 18,, was killed July 13, 2024, within the 3000 block of Kaibab Ave. close to E. Owens Ave. and N. Mojave Rd (Courtesy of Ofelia Markarian Legislation Group)
“No mother should be going through none of this, you know that? When grief enters your door,” Olivia Fabian, Roque’s mom, mentioned in tears.
Fabian is remembering her son, the recollections of his younger life, as he was taken so quickly.
“My son was a very hardworking young man. He was always trying to achieve his dreams. He was always working on himself,” Fabian mentioned.
Roque stood in line on the east Las Vegas home for a celebration, which Clark County prosecutors mentioned was promoted on social media.
“We think as a family that whatever happened to him should’ve never have happened. This kid should’ve been arrested, a long time before this even happened,” Fabian mentioned.
The Las Vegas Metro Police Division arrested Jesus Martin-Guerrero and Noah Sierra in reference to the murders. Martin-Guerrero and Sierra have been 16 years outdated on the time and have been charged as adults for homicide.
Witnesses and investigators testified earlier than a Clark County Grand Jury on Sept. 12, 2024.
In line with grand jury testimony, a number of teenagers, together with Martin-Guerrero and Sierra, “started arguing with the host of the party and it went on for a little bit and then they walked off into their car, a white car.”
A witness testified that “One of them said as they were leaving, ‘Watch what’s going to happen.'”
Somebody who was additionally denied entry instructed investigators, all of them met up at a park after the capturing, and the shooters mentioned, “We’re burnt out, that’s a whole murder case.”
Ofelia Markarian is representing the victims’ households.
“These families have been victimized for a whole year. They’ve had no justice,” Markarian mentioned.
Guevara, who was the opposite sufferer, was on the celebration with 4 of his buddies.
“It was a drive-by, they were planning to take as many lives as they could. And they took our sons’ lives,” Gabriela Nepomuceno mentioned of her son Guevara.
Investigators accused Guerrero of firing 13 rounds and Sierra of driving the stolen getaway automotive.
Guevara and Roque did not know one another, however the grief united each of their households.
“We’re two different families going through the same grieving. You don’t know how hard it is to wake up, thinking of them,” Nepomuceno mentioned.
Jesus Martin-Guerrero and Noah Sierra are anticipated in Clark County District Court docket on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Every one in all them faces 42 prices, together with two counts of homicide.
The households of each victims mentioned they need the utmost sentence for the defendants and oppose any plea deal that strays away from that.
