HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A freeway capturing that wounded seven individuals close to Las Vegas could have been retaliation for the killing of a person at a Southern California bar, a prosecutor mentioned.
Danielle Pieper Chio, a chief deputy Clark County district lawyer, revealed the doable hyperlink throughout the arraignment Thursday in Henderson of three alleged Hells Angels members within the Memorial Day weekend capturing.
Police say one is the Las Vegas chapter president and the opposite two have been Hells Angels recruits. Six of the individuals wounded within the assault have been members of the Vagos gang.
Exterior court docket, Pieper Chio cited the April 23 capturing dying of James Vincent Dickson, 32, throughout a heavy metallic live performance on the Marquis Lounge in San Bernardino. Information stories mentioned 4 different individuals have been wounded, together with a member of the band that was enjoying on the time.
Pieper Chio mentioned Dickson was a Hells Angels member.
San Bernardino police, together with detectives assigned to Dickson’s slaying, declined Thursday to remark about their investigation and the doable hyperlink between Dickson’s dying and the gunfire close to Las Vegas.
Pieper Chio mentioned greater than a dozen photographs have been fired throughout the noon assault Might 29 on Freeway 95 in Henderson. Apart from the six Vagos members, a Hells Angel member confirmed up at a hospital with gunshot wounds attributed to the capturing. No Vagos member has been charged within the capturing.
Stray bullets struck a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints constructing and a parked automobile. Police mentioned spent bullet casings have been discovered strewn for greater than a mile alongside the freeway.
In court docket, Pieper Chio mentioned the Vagos members have been driving bikes again to Las Vegas after stops on the Hoover Dam and on the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder Metropolis.
An individual police recognized as an nameless witness supplied video displaying three males sporting Hells Angels apparel driving as much as the Vagos members earlier than photographs have been fired, based on police stories.
Richard John Devries, 66, and membership recruits Russell Smith, 46, and Stephen Alo, 26, have been arraigned Thursday on a number of tried homicide, conspiracy, battery and weapon costs that might get them many years in jail.
Henderson magistrate David Gibson stored bail for every man at $380,000 pending a court docket look June 14.
No arrests have been made within the Marquis Lounge capturing, on April 23.
Amongst these shot was Matt Holzboog, the vocalist for Crawling By Tartarus, which was performing on the time. Holzboog mentioned in a GoFundMe enchantment that he suffered two damaged bones in a leg.
One other band member, Kevin Corbell, mentioned on Friday: “We have been bystanders in a violent crime, solely there to play a present with our band, with no ties to anybody.” Corbell mentioned he doesn’t know the person who was slain.
— Brian Rokos of the Riverside Press-Enterprise contributed to this text.