LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A girl is accused of capturing her boyfriend after discovering him having intercourse with one other girl, sending bullets right into a neighboring residence and forcing a household to duck for canopy, paperwork mentioned.
Jessica Kennedy, 34, faces costs together with tried homicide, baby abuse, and home battery with a lethal weapon leading to substantial bodily hurt, information mentioned.
On Thursday, Might 8, an individual known as 911 a couple of capturing at an residence constructing close to Fremont Road and Japanese Avenue. The caller whispered to a dispatcher, “Please come, someone is shooting,” paperwork mentioned.
Officers arrived, discovering a person injured in a close-by alley, they mentioned. The person later informed police his girlfriend, recognized as Kennedy, shot him.
A neighbor informed police they heard the gunshots and that a number of gunshots got here by the wall and nearly hit a baby, paperwork mentioned. The neighbor informed police she and her son hid underneath their kitchen desk till police arrived.
The neighbor additionally reported that the unit the place the bullets originated was vacant and she or he had complained to her landlord a number of occasions, paperwork mentioned.
One other witness informed police she heard a person and girl screaming earlier than listening to gunshots. Video police obtained confirmed a girl, who they recognized as Kennedy, banging on a door with a gun and saying, “You want to play with me?” earlier than capturing, paperwork mentioned.
The girl within the video then walked to a different door, mentioned “That felt good. Imma [sic] kill you [expletive]” earlier than firing one other spherical, in response to police.
Kennedy informed police she not too long ago “purchased a handgun on the streets… for protection,” paperwork mentioned. She defined she returned to the residence, discovering the sufferer having intercourse with one other girl.
“Jessica described that she was upset about the situation and [admitted] to shooting the handgun into the apartment through the window,” paperwork mentioned. “Jessica said she started to walk away but [the victim] was antagonizing her, saying he was going to kill her.”
The sufferer was anticipated to outlive. Kennedy is a convicted felon and is prohibited from proudly owning firearms, police mentioned.
Throughout Kennedy’s preliminary court docket look, Las Vegas Justice Courtroom Choose Daniel Westmeyer set bail at $50,000, information mentioned. Kennedy stays in custody on Thursday. A preliminary listening to was scheduled for Might 28.
Incidents of home violence decreased practically 6% for the primary 5 months of 2025 in comparison with final yr, in response to LVMPD knowledge. Home-violence-related murders elevated from seven this time final yr to 10 to date in 2025.
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