NORTH LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — We're learning more about a shooting in North Las Vegas that left a man dead.
Police responded to the area. near Sierra Ranch Community park, around Tropical Parkway and Goldfield Street, around 2:50 a.m. on July 29.
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Now, two months later, authorities have arrested Patrick Mikaele Siagatonu in connection with the shooting.
According to an arrest report, police learned through interviews and video surveillance that the shooting was from conflict between two rival gangs.
Siagatonu is held on a charge of murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
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Members of the public are asked to avoid the area due to the ongoing investigation and a heavy police presence.
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One man has been taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said, and another man has been detained at the scene.
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Had he survived, he would have faced charges of coercion with force, assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery, violation of a temporary protection order, and resisting a public officer.
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Investigators identified the suspect as 35-year-old Jesse Robinson III, who was booked into the North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center.
