A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting last month. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said 39-year-old Calvin Beasley Jr. was taken into custody last Friday. He was identified as the suspect in the case and is being held at the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of Open Murder with a Deadly Weapon. The arrest update was posted on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s official website.
On June 18, around 2:16 p.m., the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 3600 block of South Indios Avenue. Officers found a man in the roadway with a gunshot wound. He was given medical aid at the scene and taken to a hospital, where he later died. Investigators identified Beasley as the suspect, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Homicide detectives responded to a shooting where a person was shot after a verbal argument with another individual. The suspect left the scene after the incident. The Clark County Coroner’s Office will release the victim’s identity and cause of death. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department asks anyone with information to contact their Homicide Section or Crime Stoppers.
