Police say Walgreens shooter was an ex-employee

The man who police say shot and killed a Walgreens employee during a robbery on Friday worked at the store in the past and knew the victim, according to a police report released Monday.

Jin Ackerman, 25, was arrested by Las Vegas police Friday afternoon in connection with the killing of Antonino Isnit, 58, during a robbery of a Walgreens drugstore located at 8500 W. Cheyenne Ave., police said. Ackerman, who worked with Isnit at the store in 2011, said, “Sorry Tony, but you know me,” just before shooting Isnit, according to the report.

Ackerman came into the store about 4 a.m. Friday wearing gray clothes, a black pea coat, a surgical mask and gloves. After he bought more surgical masks and gloves, Ackerman asked the female employee to let him into the bathroom.

But instead of entering alone, Ackerman took the woman into the bathroom with him, emptied her pockets and handcuffed her. While in the bathroom, Ackerman put a silencer on the pistol, according to the report.

When she began to cry, Ackerman told her not to worry and that it was for “Tony,” according to the report.

But things went awry for Ackerman when the woman was paged to the front cash registers.

Ackerman told her to “act normal,” the report said. He told her that he knew what he was doing and had done it before.

When the two walked past Isnit on their way to the front, the woman told him she was helping Ackerman get medicine, and told Isnit to take his lunch break.

After Isnit left for lunch and the customers cleared out of the store, Ackerman took the woman to the back room where the safe was located, had her open it and took between $5,000 and $7,000, the report said.

Ackerman and the woman again went to the front of the store so she could check customers out while Ackerman waited at the other register.

But then Isnit walked back into the store, looked at Ackerman and said, “You’re still here,” the report said.

“Yes I am still here,” Ackerman answered back angrily. Isnit walked into the office andAckerman followed him.

Ackerman pulled out his gun, pointed it at Isnit and said, “Sorry, Tony, but you know me,” according to the report. He then shot Isnit several times, the report said. Police found 11 shell casings near Isnit’s body.

Ackerman worked with Isnit at the Walgreens in October 2011, according to the report, before going to at least one other Walgreens to work. He was fired from the Walgreens at the Venetian in July 2013 for “improper use of the computer regarding employee files,” according to the report.

Police linked Ackerman to another armed robbery of a Walgreens near Desert Inn and Fort Apache roads on Dec. 24. That robbery, according to the report, mirrored Friday’s, with the suspect wearing a surgical mask and handcuffing the employees.

About seven hours after Isnit was shot and killed, Metro’s SWAT team arrested Ackerman at his home in the 1600 block of April Shower Place, near Summerlin Parkway and 215 Beltway.

Ackerman is facing one count of murder, four counts of kidnapping, two counts of robbery and two counts of burglary with a gun. He is scheduled to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.

Review-Journal writer Ricardo Torres contributed to this report.

Contact reporter Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638. Find him on Twitter: @ColtonLochhead