LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – Las Vegas police made arrests shortly after two people were shot at a grocery store over the weekend.
The incident occurred Sunday morning around 2:58 a.m. in the 3700 block of Paradise Road, near Twain Avenue. Officers who received a report of a shooting found a man and a woman in the store with visible gunshot wounds.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the woman was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said in a press release on Monday.
Homicide detectives investigating the shooting determined it was the result of an argument over the victim’s car striking him near a convenience store, police said.
Detectives were told the victims were driving east on Sands Avenue (which becomes Twain at the intersection with Paradise) when another vehicle struck their car. The victims then stopped in front of a convenience store and went inside. They were soon followed by the driver of the second vehicle involved in the collision – police identified him as 20-year-old Eric Morales.
Police say Morales confronted both people inside the store and “shot the victims multiple times.”
He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on multiple felony charges, including voluntary manslaughter.
According to this report, none of the people who were shot have been publicly identified.
Police urged anyone with information about the shooting to contact the LVMPD Homicide Unit at 702-828-3521 or [email protected]. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling 702-385-5555 or by leaving tips online at crimestoppersofnv.com.
