The fatal shooting of a woman in central Las Vegas Wednesday unfolded as she argued with her boyfriend about a gun and a cellphone, according to a newly released arrest report.
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Edward Charles Jones, 28, was booked at the Clark County Detention Center on a single count of murder with use of a deadly weapon Thursday.
The Clark County coroner’s office said he died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. His death has been ruled a homicide.
The shooting early Thursday occurred as a resident of the apartment complex on the 5400 block of Mountain Vista Street was accosted as he returned from the gym, police said.
Two more people have been arrested in the March slaying of a man shot while working on a vehicle at a Las Vegas Valley apartment complex parking lot.
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