A person wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in North Las Vegas on Wednesday has been arrested, police said.
The North Las Vegas Police Department said in a news release that a suspect was taken into custody in Inyo, California, with assistance from local law enforcement there.
The suspect’s name wasn’t provided in the news release, but an Inyo County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told the Review-Journal he was arrested Wednesday.
According to Inyo County arrest records, Julio Eddy Perez, 42, was taken into custody Wednesday on suspicion of multiple charges, including being a fugitive from justice.
At around 5:15 a.m. on Wednesday, police responded to a report of a shooting in the 1200 block of East Lake Mead Boulevard, near North Bruce Street, in North Las Vegas.
Officers found a 38-year-old man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His identity had not been released as of late Thursday afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the Clark County coroner’s office.
Contact Bryan Horwath at bhorwath@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0399. Follow @BryanHorwath on X.
