20-year-old Tineshea Antovia Adams is dead after a late night shooting.
On Sunday, December 13, at about 9:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to a convenience store at Craig Road and Martin Luther King Avenue regarding a shooting.
Arriving officers located Adams, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She was transported to UMC Trauma where she succumbed to her injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates there was an altercation in the parking lot involving multiple parties. The alleged shooter, identified as 19-year-old Norman Smith of North Las Vegas, fired a handgun at least once striking the female victim. Detectives believe the victim and shooter knew each other prior to this incident.
Smith was arrested and booked into the Las Vegas City Jail on one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
Anyone with additional information regarding this case is urged to call the North Las Vegas Police Department at (702) 633-9111 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
North Las Vegas police are investigating a homicide near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Craig Road.
Police said a woman was shot and transported to a local hospital where she died late Sunday evening. The 20-year-old woman was shot by a man, police said, but they are trying to figure out the exact relationship.
"It appears at this moment to be domestic related between a man and a woman, right now we do have the man in custody, and detectives are conducting interviews with witnesses on scene," said Officer Aaron Patty.
A 19-year-old man is being held on a murder charge. His name has not been released.
The Clark County coroner will identify the victim when family has been notified.
