A Las Vegas teenager, Lequan Harrison, was arrested at his high school in relation to a fatal shooting during a supposed marijuana deal. Harrison is charged with open murder and discharging a gun after allegedly killing 19-year-old Angel Solis, who was found shot in a car on Boulder Highway near Hacienda Avenue on October 23, 2023, as per 8 News Now.
Court documents, which did not specify Harrison's age at the time of the incident but noted his birth year, suggest he was 15 or 16 when the murder occurred, he now faces the legal repercussions of his alleged actions, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for October 7, as 8 News Now reported. Solis, the victim, was reportedly there for a planned drug transaction, and along with the firearm, officers discovered two bags of marijuana in his vehicle, inside the car, police said they found a handgun and two bags of marijuana.
In a statement obtained by Las Vegas Review-Journal, surveillance video and data from several Instagram accounts were part of the investigation, and messages suggesting a robbery were found on one of Harrison's accounts. Additionally, the day after the shooting, Harrison's phone contained searches for "boulder highway shooting" and displayed conversations discussing a gun the morning following the incident, police found. When initially questioned, Harrison denied involvement, but he later admitted to being at the scene with another person before running when gunshots were heard—a detail shared with detectives that had not been made public.
Harrison was apprehended on September 19 while attending evening classes at the southeast valley high school, with the arrest conducted jointly by the FBI and Las VegasMetropolitan Police Department, 8 News Now notes; Las Vegas Justice Court Judge Diana Sullivan subsequently denied bail for Harrison. His case stands among other incidents connecting teenagers to marijuana-dealing-related homicides across the Las Vegas valley.
