Boy slain after he, 2 others tried to rob another kid, police say
A 16-year-old boy was shot dead in North Las Vegas after he and two other boys reportedly tried to rob another 16-year-old — who, police allege, then got a gun and fired shots at the would-be robbers, killing one.
According to a statement released Thursday by the North Las Vegas Police Department, detectives were still investigating the fatal shooting, which happened Wednesday on the 2600 block of Donna Street.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the boy who was killed as North Las Vegas resident Eddwin Ramos-Figueroa.
Police say the event began as a robbery when a “group of three male juveniles,” with at least one armed with a gun, “approached and began threatening and hitting” another boy.
The boy who was being threatened ran away and got a gun from a nearby apartment, police said. He then chased the three other boys and fired several shots, police said.
Ramos-Figueroa was hit while the two other boys fled. Ramos-Figueroa was taken to University Medical Center, where he died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the coroner’s office.
The boy who was attacked by the others and shot at them was then arrested on suspicion of open murder with a deadly weapon, he said.
Asked if police could comment on why the shooting wasn’t regarded as a case of self-defense, North Las Vegas police spokesperson Brian Thomas said in a text message that police couldn’t comment because it was an open case.
“I would remind you that detectives are in the early stage of an on-going investigation and not all the relevant details are available at this time,” Kathleen Richards, public safety spokesperson for the city of North Las Vegas, said in an email.
The two other boys who fled were arrested on suspicion of robbery with a deadly weapon. Their ages weren’t clear but they were around 16, Richards said.
All of the boys were booked into the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center.
Police did not identify any of the boys who were arrested.
Contact Brett Clarkson at bclarkson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @BrettClarkson_ on Twitter. Staff writer David Wilson contributed to this report.
