Man charged in relative’s slaying
The system didn’t work for Doug Teed. Restraining orders against his brother-in-law didn’t work. Police intervention didn’t work. The system just broke down.
Teed was killed on Thursday. Tracy R. Petkovich, the 48-year-old relative Teed and his family had filed restraining orders against, was arrested and charged with his slaying.
“If the system would have worked, this wouldn’t have happened,” said Teed’s 37-year-old son, Jason Soto.
At 10 a.m., Kim Teed was in the couple’s bedroom when she heard the voice of her husband of 23 years coming from the kitchen.
“What are you going to do, shoot me?” she heard him say.
Bang.
Bang.
Bang.
The next voice Kim Teed heard was that of Petkovich, her brother.
“I heard him go to my mother and say, 'I killed Doug,’ ” Teed said.
When police arrived, Petkovich was in the entryway of the one-story home on the 6800 block of Endora Drive, near Flamingo Road and Rainbow Boulevard.
He had a gun in his hand, police said, and was arrested without incident.
Doug Teed, a father, an employee at Caesars Palace for 28 years and a heck of a golfer, already was dead.
According to Kim Teed and Soto, his family had sought restraining orders multiple times against Petkovich.
He had beaten her up in November, the two said. A police report was filed in the incident.
Kim Teed said she had gone to court four times to get a restraining order. One would be granted, but officers of the court told her they weren’t able to deliver them to Petkovich in person.
He refused to open the door of his house to them. He taunted his sister over it.
“He sent me picture messages of the cops standing outside his door,” Kim Teed said.
News of Doug Teed’s death shocked his neighbor and golfing buddy, 39-year-old Mark Hicks.
“I’m still kind of freaking out about it,” Hicks said.
He had known the Teeds for 15 years and played golf with Doug Teed as recently as a few months ago. Doug Teed was a scratch player, Hicks said, meaning he shot par for the course.
“It was tough sometimes playing golf with him, he was so good,” Hicks said.
Soto and Kim Teed believe the court system’s failure led to Teed’s death.
Petkovich showed up at the couple’s home Thursday, claiming Doug Teed was trying to keep Petkovich away from his invalid mother through the restraining orders, Kim Teed said.
The elderly woman lived with the Teeds, who cared for her.
Doug Teed’s family remembered him as a devoted father and employee at Caesars, where he was a dealer for 21 years and worked in valet for the last seven years.
“He was just a salt-of-the-earth kind of guy,” Kim Teed said. “He was just a good man.”
Review-Journal writer Maggie Lillis contributed to this report. Contact reporter Lawrence Mower at lmower@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0440.
Editor's Note: This version corrects errors in an earlier post.
