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Two more arrested for fatal shooting during drug transaction in northwest valley

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Police have arrested to more people in connection with a fatal shooting in northwest Las Vegas that happened in March.

On March 30, a husband and wife were shot during a transaction at an apartment complex in the 5800 block of Sky Pointe Drive, near Ann Road and Tenaya Way, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Lt. Robert Price said a woman called 911 to report she and her husband had been shot. She was taken to UMC and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Her husband, since identified as 30-year-old Deven Mays, of Henderson, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Clark County coroner determined Mays died from a gunshot wound to the back.

Watch the initial police briefing with LVMPD Lt. Robert Price:

FULL BRIEFING: One dead after shooting during 'undetermined type of transaction,' says LVMPD

Roughly a week after the shooting, 18-year-old Miles Spivey was arrested in connection to the shooting, held on 13 charges including open murder with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon, three counts of kidnapping, and child abuse or neglect.

Now, detectives have identified 20-year-old Kyree Brown and 18-yearold DaeQuan McGee as additional suspects in this case.

Brown was arrested on April 9 in Riverside, California, and is awaiting extradition to Las Vegas.

McGee was arrested in Inglewood, California on April 29 and was extradited to Las Vegas on May 19. He was booked into the Clark County jail on charges including open murder with a deadly weapon and first-degree kidnapping.