LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A combat over a girl could have led to a lethal taking pictures simply earlier than Christmas, in accordance with paperwork 8 Information Now obtained Wednesday.
On Dec. 22, 2024, at round 11 p.m., officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division responded to a home social gathering within the 3100 block of Cipro Avenue, close to Starr Avenue and Interstate 15 within the south valley, after a report {that a} man was shot.
Arriving officers discovered a person, later recognized as Demonte Jackson, with gunshot wounds to his face and chest. Medical personnel arrived and pronounced him deceased on the scene.
A witness informed police she hosted a “pajama and cooking party” together with her good friend and the 2 invited pals and coworkers, together with Jackson, in accordance with an arrest warrant. Additionally they employed a person they met at a membership as a safety guard for the occasion.
The witness informed police she noticed a person, later recognized as Hamilton Wade, 27, name Jackson a “b*tch” and a “h*e” throughout an argument that lasted for round 5 minutes earlier than she noticed Wade pull out a gun and shoot Jackson, who was sitting in a chair, the doc acknowledged.
The opposite social gathering host informed police Wade was not invited to the social gathering and arrived with a mutual good friend.
One other witness informed police Wade and Jackson had been arguing over an older girl. They informed police Jackson informed the lady Wade cheated on her, so she broke up with him, in accordance with the doc.
One other witness informed police they believed Jackson was “set up” by two ladies who invited him to the social gathering, the doc mentioned.
The safety guard informed police he was not licensed to be a safety guard however is commonly employed for personal occasions “because of his size.” He mentioned he was informed to face by the yard gate and “conduct pat downs” on arriving company and informed police Wade was already on the residence when he arrived.
He additionally informed police he believed Wade and one other visitor had been members of the family, so he didn’t pat them down, in accordance with the doc.
A video one other social gathering visitor took confirmed Wade standing in entrance of the chair Jackson was sitting in when he was shot shortly earlier than the taking pictures. Extra surveillance video confirmed Wade arriving in a car that was later seen driving away after the taking pictures, the doc acknowledged.
Officers with the Glendale, California Police Division took Wade into custody on Feb. 5, six days after a warrant for his arrest was issued.
Wade faces a cost of open homicide with a lethal weapon. He was held on the Clark County Detention Middle with out bail.
His subsequent court docket look was scheduled for March 10.
