A series of newly released 911 calls detailed the moments after police said a city of Las Vegas employee shot and killed his co-worker at a maintenance yard.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Brysen Kim, 31, in connection with the June 12 downtown Las Vegas shooting that left Joey McLean, 41, dead. Kim and McLean had been engaged in a monthslong dispute involving several human resources complaints.
Much of the call audio, released Thursday by Metro, was redacted with bleeps, including answers to questions about the names of people involved in the incident and the kind of gun used in the shooting.
The first call, made at 6 a.m. on June 12 and lasting about 1 minute and 40 seconds, appeared to be from the shooter, who requested police.
“I’m scared, please. I’m f——— scared, please. Please,” the man desperately told the dispatcher.
After he told the dispatcher he was an employee for the city, the dispatcher asked: “Why do you have a gun? Are you security?”
“No, I’m not security. I have a f———- right to carry,” the man responded, raising his voice.
Seconds later, another caller dialed 911 to request medical and police services.
“Somebody was just shot,” he said, later adding, “he’s bleeding out right now.”
Asked if he was able to render medical aid to the victim, the man said, “I’d rather not right now.”
The caller said he did not know where the suspect went, but said the gun used was left at the scene.
A third male caller dialed police about one minute later.
“One of our employees just shot another employee,” the man said after requesting police and medical services.
As the dispatcher urged the caller to move away from the incident, a person can be heard yelling in the background of the call, though the words are unintelligible.
“I told him to drop his weapon, and he’s outside,” the caller said. He added that the weapon was on a desk.
Police sirens can be heard in the background of the call shortly before the caller told the dispatcher that officers had arrived at the scene.
At a press conference Thursday, Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley said city officials are working closely with police to determine how and why the shooting occurred.
“We need to make sure that it never happens again, and the only way that you do that is to find out exactly what transpired,” Berkley said.
Contact Spencer Levering at slevering@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0253.
