LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police arrested a person Monday in reference to a murder from final yr, which was listed among the many division’s chilly instances, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
Deaundra Talton, 21, faces costs of open homicide with a lethal weapon and conspiracy homicide, data stated.
On Oct. 22, 2023, officers discovered Kaito Thornton, 25, slumped over within the driver’s seat of a automobile at an house complicated on North 28th Avenue close to Charleston Boulevard within the east valley, police stated. Thornton died from a number of gunshot wounds.
Thornton’s demise was listed amongst Metro police’s unsolved homicides as there was no arrest within the case till Talton’s.
It was unclear Tuesday what led police to Talton, what his alleged position within the crime was, and if there have been different suspects.
Talton was additionally in custody on costs of theft and conspiracy theft for a separate incident in February. An individual with the identical title and birthday served jail time on a cost of conspiracy violent crime in 2021 and 2022.
This story will probably be up to date as extra info turns into obtainable.
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