LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Arizona police arrested a Las Vegas father two years after officers arrested his son for allegedly stabbing and killing a person throughout a battle that court docket paperwork present the daddy began.
Police in Holbrook, Arizona, took Samuel Conway, 39, into custody on April 18, almost two years after his son, Wyatt Conway, 20, was charged with open homicide with the usage of a lethal weapon and conspiracy to commit homicide, in keeping with a launch.
Samuel was awaiting extradition to Las Vegas as of Monday, April 21.
The discharge didn’t say what expenses Samuel faces within the case, however court docket information present a warrant in his title for a similar expenses his son is dealing with.
On June 30, 2023, at round 10 p.m., officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division responded to the intersection of Churchill Avenue and South Decatur Boulevard after studies of a stabbing.
Responding medical personnel discovered a person, recognized as 35-year-old Joshua Brooke, who had been stabbed. They took him to a neighborhood hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
In accordance with an arrest report, a witness advised police that whereas she was sitting with Brooke and an unnamed good friend on a wall close to the intersection, a person was observing her as he walked by.
The witness advised police that she was uncomfortable along with his staring and advised him to “take a picture, it will last longer.” In accordance with the report, that made the person offended and he advised her, “You’re not even good looking,” earlier than leaving.
The report acknowledged that the witness stated ten to fifteen minutes handed earlier than a white Ford Explorer pulled as much as the intersection. One other witness, the unnamed good friend, advised police that she seen that Brooke was bleeding and one of many males was holding a knife, which he had folded up.
The witness was later proven an image of the suspect, recognized as Wyatt, who was 18 on the time, and advised police that he was the person with the knife.
The report acknowledged that three individuals had been taken into custody as a result of they matched the outline of the boys within the Ford Explorer.
Considered one of them advised police that Wyatt’s father, Samuel, had come dwelling “screaming at everyone.” He stated that Samuel advised them to “get into the car” as a result of “someone had just threatened him.”
One other suspect advised police that the group of them bought into the Ford Explorer and drove to the intersection to “confront the people that Samuel just had words with.” He advised police that Brooke pulled out a “pen-style knife” after the battle began and tried to stab him, the report acknowledged.
The suspect advised police that Conway pushed Brooke off of him and was stabbed within the again and shoulder space. The report acknowledged that the suspect stated Conway then pulled out a knife and stabbed Brooke 4 instances.
He advised police all of them bought again within the automotive and drove dwelling, the report acknowledged.
In accordance with the report, Wyatt advised police that his dad got here dwelling upset and advised them to get into the automotive, that “something bad is about to happen.”
He later admitted to detectives that he did stab Brooke “because he was scared,” and he had simply been stabbed. In accordance with the report, he picked up a knife on the bottom and used it to stab Brooke 3 times, earlier than throwing the knife out of the car window as they drove away.
Samuel initially confronted expenses for breaking the window of a police automotive.
Court docket information present Wyatt’s jury trial was scheduled to start on Aug. 25.
