LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County District Lawyer mentioned a person killed final yr in a highway rage incident “contributed” to his demise, because the sufferer’s household criticizes a plea deal prosecutors reached with the shooter.
Keyun Watts, 25, pleaded responsible final week to voluntary manslaughter within the demise of 22-year-old Elvin Sejdinovic.
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“In this case, it’s not black and white. There was a very real valid claim of self-defense,” Clark County District Lawyer Steve Wolfson advised 8 Information Now.
In response to the district lawyer, sprint cam video captured on the night time Watts shot Sejdinovic was a chunk of proof used to find out that Sejdinovic was within the mistaken. A witness who got here ahead to help the shooter’s actions was additionally taken under consideration.
Nonetheless, the sufferer’s household advised 8 Information Now justice was denied.
“I personally feel that our family was very betrayed by them, by our officials that we looked for to serve justice for our loved one,” Jenna Husic, Sejdinovic’s cousin, mentioned.
Husic sat within the courtroom a number of occasions for hearings and confronted the person who killed her cousin.
“Our family feels very betrayed by them because of how they handled this case and the situation,” Husic mentioned.
Watts was dealing with a homicide cost up till final week when he reached a cope with prosecutors for voluntary manslaughter.
He faces between one to 10 years within the Nevada Division of Corrections, in response to courtroom paperwork. A district courtroom choose will decide how lengthy he spends in jail.
“You shoot somebody eight times. You went after him, and you got what, a reward? They rewarded this guy,” Alen Sejdinovic, Elvin’s father, mentioned. “This upstanding citizen, they reward him. This is not justice.”
In response to courtroom paperwork, Watts shot Sejdinovic twice within the chest on October 5, 2024, close to Decatur Boulevard and Patrick Lane. Crime scene photographs from the Las Vegas Metro Police Division confirmed Sejdinovic’s automobile riddled with bullets.
“I’m sorry that this man lost his life, but his behavior contributed to the end result,” Wolfson mentioned. “It’s tragic when a parent loses a child and my heart goes out to the parents in this case.”
After the taking pictures, police mentioned Watts modified the colour of the automobile he drove that night time and took off to California. He was arrested a couple of month later.
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Watts admitted to police that he shot Sejdinovic as a result of he felt threatened. Wolfson mentioned Sejdinovic was throwing gadgets out of his automobile at Watts.
8 Information Now requested Wolfson about movies on social media Watts posted the place he recorded himself threatening others.
“I don’t know a case that doesn’t have some weaknesses in it. No case is perfect, and at the end of the day, we take everything into consideration. We consulted with the family. I’ve got one of my best prosecutors assigned to this case,” Wolfson mentioned.
The household of Elvin Sejdinovic has digital billboards working in downtown Las Vegas and within the southwest a part of the valley asking for justice after he was killed in an obvious highway rage taking pictures (KLAS)
Elvin Sejdinovic’s household mentioned they will not cease till they get justice. They’ve launched a Change.org petition calling for a harsher sentence.
Watts is scheduled to be sentenced on Might 27.
