LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person police stated shot and killed a person inside a truck on a Las Vegas freeway over the weekend advised police the sufferer threatened him and his household and he “had no choice but to shoot him,” based on paperwork 8 Information Now obtained.
On Sunday, March 2, at round 7:15 a.m., officers with the North Las Vegas Police Division responded to the southbound Interstate 15, north of the Cheyenne Avenue off-ramp, after a person referred to as 911 and stated he shot somebody inside a truck.
The particular person calling, later recognized as Joseph De Luna, 28, advised 911 he was “threatened by someone” and “had no choice but to shoot him,” based on an arrest report. He stated they have been in a truck on the shoulder of the freeway.
De Luna stated the sufferer, who he referred to as his buddy, was “deceased,” and De Luna “emptied [his] clip in him” earlier than placing his gun within the middle console of the truck.
Arriving officers took De Luna into custody. Police discovered the sufferer, who the coroner’s workplace had not publicly recognized as of Monday, within the again seat of the truck with a number of gunshot wounds. Medical personnel pronounced him useless on the scene.
De Luna advised detectives on the scene that he was hanging out on Fremont Avenue with the sufferer the night time earlier than, and the 2 determined to drive round. De Luna stated he was ingesting closely and did not keep in mind the place they drove, however stated the sufferer advised him he labored for a site visitors cone firm “of some sort,” the report said.
De Luna stated the sufferer advised him he was going to work for him and if he did not, the sufferer “had the capability of hurting [De Luna] and his family,” the report stated.
He advised police he grew to become involved for his security and placed on his seatbelt earlier than he reached over and put his truck into park whereas they drove. De Luna stated the brakes locked up, the truck veered to the best shoulder, they usually “sideswiped” the barrier bordering the freeway, based on the report.
De Luna stated the sufferer stated, “What did you do that for? Now I’m going to hurt you for real,” and commenced “shifting” his physique. De Luna stated he thought the sufferer had a gun, so he shot the sufferer a number of occasions, the report said. De Luna then moved the sufferer to the again seat and advised police he “didn’t know why he did that.”
In line with the arrest report, there was no proof the sufferer had a gun on the time of the taking pictures. Police discovered 12 cartridge instances within the truck.
De Luna stated he referred to as his girlfriend and stated he killed somebody earlier than he referred to as 911 and advised the dispatcher.
A member of the family of the sufferer advised police he was with the sufferer and De Luna the night time earlier than the taking pictures, and whereas hanging out, De Luna “began snorting cocaine” and used it all through the night time, the report said. The member of the family stated they noticed De Luna holding his gun at varied occasions all through the night time.
They advised police that De Luna confronted the sufferer about “trying to talk to [De Luna]’s ex-girlfriend” however stated the encounter was not violent. He additionally stated De Luna was “acting paranoid” and at one level requested the sufferer to “punch him in the face,” based on the report.
Police booked De Luna into the North Las Vegas Neighborhood Correctional Middle the place he was held with out bail. He faces a cost of open homicide with a lethal weapon and his subsequent court docket look was scheduled for March 4.
