LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police mentioned a taxi’s dashcam captured video proof of a taking pictures at a stoplight that led to the arrest of a homicide suspect, in response to police paperwork.
Keyun Watts, 25, is dealing with a homicide cost within the demise of Elvin Sejdinovic, 22, who was discovered affected by gunshot wounds in his Nissan Versa late Saturday night time on Oct. 5, paperwork said. Las Vegas Metropolitan police acquired a number of calls a few automobile that had crashed on Decatur Boulevard, south of Patrick Lane.
Watts’ arrest report mentioned police recognized a blue Chevrolet Camero with distinct stickers and no license plate was concerned after reviewing a number of movies, some from surveillance cameras and others from taxicab dashcams within the space. One of many movies additionally confirmed a person later recognized as Watts getting out of the automobile to get fuel an hour earlier than the taking pictures.
Man arrested in lethal Las Vegas taking pictures of 22-year-old
The movies additionally confirmed that Sejdinovic’s Versa made lane modifications to drive south on Decatur Boulevard after which change lanes once more to tug up alongside the Camero’s driver’s facet moments earlier than the taking pictures, the report mentioned. Police additionally famous the realm the place the taking pictures occurred can also be a standard spot for road racing.
The report mentioned police reviewed publicly posted pictures and movies from Unlawful Las Vegas Road “take overs and “facet exhibits” and located a Camero matching the one concerned within the homicide and it confirmed a license plate. That data was used to trace down the proprietor, a girl, who mentioned she was relationship Watts however had since damaged up.
Watts was taken into custody one month after the taking pictures. Police paperwork mentioned he admitted to taking pictures Sejdinovic however mentioned he did not know him and when Sejdinovic pulled up subsequent to his automobile shouting and reached towards towards one thing, he shot him. He additionally instructed police, he threw the gun in a trash can, eliminated the stickers from the Camero, and took it to California for a time period “to get the car out of town.”
Watts is being held on the Clark County Detention Heart.
