LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A number of movies helped result in the arrest of two males in an east Las Vegas parking zone capturing that killed two in an tried theft.
Henry Ramirez and Julio Bautista-Martinez had been in Clark County District Court docket on Thursday, showing earlier than Choose Tierra Jones for a standing examine on their circumstances.
What put each males in Choose Jones’ courtroom started with an argument at a enterprise parking zone on April 13 close to Owens Avenue and Pecos Highway. They’d attended a celebration that was promoted on social media.
Every of them faces a number of fees, together with two counts of homicide with a lethal weapon, tried theft, and conspiracy to commit theft.
8 Information Now obtained a number of movies Clark County prosecutors used to indict the 2 males. The movies are from two companies and a Tesla.
A Tesla’s digicam captured Ramirez, who was 26 years outdated on the time of his arrest, within the early morning hours of Apr. 13, sporting a blue jersey.
Later that morning, Ramirez was caught on a retailer’s surveillance digicam nonetheless dressed the identical, however sporting a face protecting. Ramirez joined a gaggle arguing with three males, who additionally attended the celebration.
Ramirez began pointing a gun within the course of 21-year-old Carlos Garcia and 24-year-old Luis Esquivel.
The video confirmed Ramirez allegedly firing his weapon a number of occasions with Bautista-Martinez, then unloading his firearm.
Bautista-Martinez, 24 years outdated on the time, was arrested quickly after the capturing on Apr. 13, in keeping with the Las Vegas Metro Police Division.
Investigators credited the Tesla video for serving to them establish Ramirez as a shooter. He was arrested a couple of days later.
8 Information Now obtained a duplicate of the transcript of Clark County Grand Jury proceedings that occurred in Might.
Bautista-Martinez’s sister Cristal informed prosecutors, “Julio shot, fired, shot the gun at the brother I believe of Ozzie and the cousin,” in keeping with the transcript.
Prosecutors then requested, “And do you see anyone else shooting? do you personally see anyone else shooting?”
“I did not see anybody else shooting,” Cristal Bautista-Martinez responded.
The surveillance video and proof detectives discovered on the scene contradicted her assertion. There have been 13 shell casings from two completely different weapons, in keeping with the Las Vegas Metro Police Division.
Osvaldo Garcia, who goes by Ozzie and is Carlos’ brother, informed a grand jury, “The last thing that I heard was one of them say run them chains, which is a way of saying that you’re getting robbed for your jewelry. And in a split second, they just took out guns and just shot them right in front of me,” in keeping with the transcript.
Ramirez and Bautista-Martinez have a courtroom listening to scheduled for Nov. 3 to debate probably reaching a plea settlement.
