IN BRIEF

JULY KILLING

Police seek suspect in fatal shooting

Las Vegas police were searching for an 18-year-old Las Vegan in connection with last month's shooting death of 28-year-old Laville Humes.

An arrest warrant was issued for Tommie "Tommie Gun" Cleveland for murder with a deadly weapon. Cleveland is described as standing about 5 feet, 3 inches and weighing about 120 pounds.

Police were called about 10:50 p.m. July 24 to 1750 North Marion Drive, near Owens Avenue and Lamb Boulevard, in reference to a man down in a parking lot. Police arrived to find Humes, who died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators believe Humes was talking with a group of people when an altercation ensued and he was shot.

Cleveland is considered to be armed and dangerous.

Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide unit at 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.

MAN PLEADED GUILTY

Woman's death leads to lengthy sentence

A 21-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison for killing a Las Vegas woman.

District Judge Jackie Glass on Tuesday sentenced Demarene Coleman to 20 to 50 years for first-degree murder, which Coleman is to serve concurrently with a four- to 10-year sentence for battery with a deadly weapon, Coleman's defense attorney Carmine Colucci said.

The sentence was previously agreed upon by Colucci and prosecutors. Coleman pleaded guilty to the charges in June.

He acknowledged killing 41-year-old Tanzie Austin and injuring two other women in the same shooting July 10, 2005, on Mesquite Avenue, near Eastern Avenue and U.S. Highway 95.

According to the police report, Coleman's girlfriend had been in a fight with Austin's friends earlier that evening.