Suspect in triple homicide appears in North Las Vegas court
A North Las Vegas judge on Monday scheduled a preliminary hearing for a man accused of shooting and killing three members of a family.
The hearing for Jose Easley Jr., 41, is set for Dec. 10 in North Las Vegas Justice Court.
Easley is accused of gunning down Susan Nash, 52, and two of her adult children, 31-year-old Deonte’ Nash and 20-year-old Dejona’e Nash. The father of Dejona’e Nash’s child was hospitalized with survivable injuries after the shooting.
Police arrested Easley days after the shooting. He is being held at the Las Vegas Detention Center on three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and one count each of battery with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a gun by a felon and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.
Easley’s criminal history includes an attempted murder conviction for a shooting that happened north of downtown Las Vegas in 2002. He served time in state prison from June 2003 to May 2016 for that crime.
North Las Vegas police on Monday were still searching for another person of interest whom they believe exchanged gunfire in the triple homicide. A police report released last week described the shooting, which happened at about 8:40 p.m. on Oct. 14 in a parking lot near West Lake Mead Boulevard and Simmons Street.
Members of the Nash family confronted Easley after an earlier argument in the parking lot, according to the report. During the earlier confrontation, Easley put a gun to a family member’s head, according to the report and North Las Vegas police.
The man involved in the argument went home and returned to the parking lot with his family and an armed family friend, according to police. An argument between the Nash family and Easley escalated to an exchange of gunfire, police said.
As Easley sped away from the scene, he drove over the bodies of the victims, according to the report.
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