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Detectives are asking for the public's help to identify the suspect in an attempted murder from July 24 near Lake Mead and Thomas W. Ryan Blvd [Las Vegas].
Anyone who recognizes this person or has any info about this crime is urged to contact detectives at 702-828-9455.
Sauce: https://www.lvmpd.com/en-us/Press%20Releases/PO%20142%2007-25-22.pdf
mikeknight70
lesson always clean weapon,chech springs in mag,good ammo
ThisUsernameWasntTakenIGuess
Ever notice how there's not a fucking cop around when this shit happens but if you park your car on the wrong side of the street they there?
dougijmartin42
Who the fk would live in a country where any moron can get their hands on a gun ?!
WorkerLurker
The more I think about it, the more I remember elderly are targeted for prescription drugs.
TicklishOwl
"Over enough time, HiPoints migrate to their natural environments...the bottoms of rivers and police evidence lockers."
3RsReadingRitingRithmatic
"Back from whence you came foul demon"
zakisback
I will never go to the USA... holy sheet
circlebreaker
Guy's lucky that his attacker was too incompetent to deal with the jammed pistol. I mean, either that or he ejected two defective rounds?
Canofminus
That’s in Summerlin, one of the nicer parts of Vegas. I bet they were waiting at the community entrance & he was followed home.
Tooltimedave
Used to be when I lived there. Now in another part of town and it don't matter anymore. Bring back the mob.
MoeMulahh
gang initiation.. probably not from around there and if he had succeeded its a completely random hit probably with a rental car
MoeMulahh
under some bogus information.. no way to trace it back to him
TakeTheStairs
More American 6pm horror-news seeping into imgur. as if this place wasnt upsetting enough - here watch this dude almost get murdered.
ADegenFromUpcountry
If you don’t like it, you’re free to move along to the next post. Nobody holding you here at gunpoint
rubypilgrim
well that was unkind. Have a downvote for unnecessary meanness.
TakeTheStairs
maybe we need a new "USA" tag
nobodiesbusiness
I hate people. The asshole was going to kill this old man cuz he didn’t let him rob him? Way to escalate your crime. Fucking idiot
Asadsadsadclown
This is like the most casual and laid back attempted murder I have ever seen.
snotrocketscience
Next time, don't use a norinco in your hit.
MrHowe
I have a norinco box fed shotgun that's been trouble free but if my life depended on it I'd pick something else
barnsandnobel
I had a norinco sks and it was better than the yugoslavia sks. It never jammed once but my buddies yugo jammed alot.
MacClay
Norinco made oddly good quality stuff before they got banned. Maybe he meant Keltec or Hipoint.
mcbotulism
Nah bro, Glock .40
ReusableBastard
Things might have turned out quite differently had the old man been armed.
ProfoundMastermind
Idk, but it doesn't look like an assassination attempt. More like chimpanzee found a toy..
tartpop
Bad comment is bad
Elerich
The damn murderer is even holding the gun at the cliche sideways angle. Dude has no training with that thing and will probably shoot himself
uriel222
Also CLEARLY hasn’t practised his IA drills…
TheMaXX37
We can only hope.
SeeMyVests
bigblindguy
Doubt he's gonna shoot anything with that POS handgun but yes, a moron.
ReposterCallerOuterMan
a POS handgun can still ---usually--- fire a bullet at a velocity strong enough to pierce a human
bigblindguy
I mean, the dude tried, it didn't work....
EverythingThatFallsToTheGroundIsMine
Correct. You have successfully validated the usage of “usually” by the poster above you.
MacklinBurtMacklinFBI
99.978% chance it's a Highpoint
trustworthyfart
My assumption too.
DYLANLEE79
No one is yelling or screaming? No "Fuck help me!, Or " Get back here! ".
GCRust
Methinks there's more to this story than what the video presents, but that's irrelevant to the charges at present.
maddeninglemon
Personally my reaction to intense situations is complete silence; I kinda just forget that screaming is a thing tbh.
OhIfIMust
It'd probably take me a long time just to sort everything out afterwards and have *anything* to say.
wtfylat
It's not a movie
olba
foreigntrolldetector
dude running is way too casual. I’d dive over that gate
RadonGaming
When you're body isn't capable. It isn't capable. Dude was already running away to begin with. Most OAPs are not natural sprinters.
foreigntrolldetector
Old Ass People?
Feralkyn
"Old-age pensioner," british phrase
Pulsar197469
But never forget....BLM.
PunnyTiger
he's not lucky; It could have been much worse, but he's less lucky than the millions of people who DIDN'T get a gun pointed at them at all
hashthis
Don't forget the evil guy
RummageSaleBubbler
Demanded "property". That's oddly non-specific.
GoblinTit
That may be a euphemism for drugs.
lildumptruck
Give me your house motherfucker!
LuLuPennyAndOdium44
Man it's a tough market
sundaymondayhippyday
Hueroc
Typical vocabulary for police reports. For a robbery like this it's generally gonna be "phone/wallet/anything else valuable on your person"
ADegenFromUpcountry
Could be a phone, a car, a dog, any item owned by the victim
iAntichristx666
The dude probably owns a priceless rug or something, man.
peanutbutterandham
Penthesilean
It really ties the room together.
KhajiitIsPleased
This has got to be the slowest, laziest attempted murderer and victim duo I've ever seen
memoryshuffle
This looks like it took place around the corner from Walter White's house.
JackingMeHoff
Streets are devoid of parked cars except the getaway one. Pay attention to unusual cars near you. Circle the block if need be. Call PD.
Tooltimedave
There is an HOA here in Vegas that you can't even park in the driveway at night. Vehicles must be parked in the garage.
JackingMeHoff
bucklewbrian5
Is it bad if I feel like the police can do their job for once? I mean without expecting rhe public to do it for them?
ReposterCallerOuterMan
it helps having a broader set of eyes. its not a very detailed video so it would be quite hard
WorkerLurker
Why… why does he just walk after getting through the gate? It’s waist high. Only luck kept this man alive.
smashingthatshelby
Spikes up the ass
Sitting101
He appeared to be a fragile old man, maybe that's why he wasn't so fast?
NotSomoneElse68
It looks like he stopped and opened the gate as best he could. He ran afterwards. His gate has sounds so he couldn't just go over it. I ¹
NotSomoneElse68
feel he did an amazing job opening the gate without panicking and fumbling it.
good2go4ne1
the robber being pretty fucking stupid helps as well
islanddreamer101
I really think the gun jammed
Tylurker
NPC's lose aggro once you leave the zone
ProphetofEntropy
his gun didnt work. so he gave up.
gunnexx
Probably cuz the shooter figured he might have a gun and knows how to actually use it
Ninjainslippers
Yeah I don't get what's happening here. If he's gonna kill the guy he could have done it at any point. So confusing.
SithElephant
https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Insurmountable_Waist-Height_Fence
BooRidley
I lost it at “usually between ankle and chest height.”
WorkerLurker
Amazing
llortamai
Strange that the robber gives up at that point too. "Damn, he went behind a tiny gate, nothing I can do now.."
pumly
Why is it strange that after the robbery fails he then gives up? You want him to keep going and kill the old guy for nothing?
llortamai
Ofc I don't want that, I just don't see what changed once he got in the gate.
pumly
The guy never wanted to shoot him. He just realised waving the gun around wasn’t working.
llortamai
Ah, thanks for the explanation.
LocalPumpkinHero
I think the gun misfired
MacClay
After you get to the safe zone all enemy and police pursuit stops and you can save your game.
WorkerLurker
Apparently…
nobblestein
Not his house. The guy is running away from his house, see he doesn’t even know what side the gate latches on he’s just trying to get away
nobblestein
Also he looks to be elderly. That would explain his slow movement. He’s probably so terrified he can’t speak or yell. Fucking sad.
pancreas
I love how nonchalantly he seems to open the gate as well.
TakeYouAway
He's def panicking though
triggrhaapi
no, I assure you the incompetence of the shooter is what kept this man alive.
pumly
He’s not trying to kill him he’s trying to rob him.
triggrhaapi
The poor attempt at a tap rack drill says otherwise. He put a good amount of effort in making that pistol fire.
pumly
Yeah sure but he’s pointing it at the ground. Just wanted to scare him into getting something.
triggrhaapi
To get better mechanical leverage to try to remove the jam, yes.
WorkerLurker
That qualifies as luck
triggrhaapi
Not if you cause the malfunction.
WorkerLurker
Having an incompetent person pistol whip distance away and not being bright enough to do so is luck.
triggrhaapi
You grossly overestimate the novelty of the untrained.
QWTFODDBALL
True luck would be to never be in this situation in the first place
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
Looks like a bmw 3, but way too grainy to be sure
HoldThis
Doeant look like a bmw to me. More like an audi, not sure how popular the a3 is in the usa though..
TridDirt
Extremely! So so many vape douche 19 years old drive them in my city. Which is Salt Lake by the way lol
imasneakypineapplehead
Very popular
Blze001
That or an Alfa Giuila.
waeraj
This is what I thought. It's also the base model looking at the front bumper.
Skizzlesnap
My thoughts too. Maybe they’re robbing people to pay for repair costs. Those Alfas are good looking but unreliable.
Blze001
A coworker has one and it's been alright. Still had to go in twice this year for dumb stuff, but not the disaster I expected.
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
Those are not really a thing stateside
ADegenFromUpcountry
They’re surprisingly popular and much more interesting than an M3
waeraj
I have a buddy that has one. You can just go buy one for like 35k.
Mentok
See em all the time. Neighbor has a stelvio.
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
Really? What area? Maybe it’s a regional thing. I’ve seen 1 or 2 at the most
Mentok
I looked it up, they sold 7-8k of them each year in 2020 and 2021. Not super popular, but not rare. Driving home, just saw a stelvio
Duskz
This shit happens around the USA. Why are we paying 1 case of it?
elfoverlord
This does not appear to have been a professional hit, luckily for that victim. The would-be shooter should be picked up relatively quickly.
pumly
It’s armed robbery not attempted murder.
dejadrew
if you pull the trigger it's attempted murder or assault with a deadly weapon at the VERY least
pumly
He never pointed it at him. Legally in your country I’m sure you are technically correct.
LooseyGooseyBrett
Amateur looking to one day go pro?
deadtedw
Ask his wife what they guy's name is.
Broonstar
not if he's hiding in a school
mucotevoli
You're out of line, but correct
yeahhedugit
swiftkid66
But he has a glove on so that his prints wont show up on the gun.
ariania
you forgot the /s, my condolences
SomeDetroitGuy
Fun fact! Fingerprints are circumstantial evidence. So when people decry some evidence as "circumstantial" to dismiss it, they are idiots.
Captkiller
good thing his face showed up just fine on video.....
azgrak
That gun will disappear into a nearby body of water so that’s not a factor. But he does appear to be pretty stupid so you never know.
CloakedFigure
If it’s Lake Mead, the cops should find it in a couple weeks when the water level drops low enough.
bob72012412
What was the news today about something horrific found in lake mead? They teased it on the news but walked out and missed it
CloakedFigure
Oh, it was literally another body lol. The third one. Sauce: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/us/lake-mead-body/index.html
Mxlespxles
Guaranteeing he gets charged with 1st degree!
swiftkid66
Its funny cuz the glove is on the hand he is using to try and pull the trigger.
Mxlespxles
What's funny is that the handy used to Cock it didn't have a glove on it so the gun would have his prints on it anyway cuz he's dumb
DarkRedCape
Can you explain how this guarantees this to someone genuinely currently? I love stuff like this. FBI files is old but I love that show.
Kaleopolitus
1. My best knowledge of USA law says that, wearing a glove on a sunny day indicates an attempt to prevent fingerprints, which means the
ReposterCallerOuterMan
but....but.......i work down at the beach, its been pretty hot and sunny. i wear gloves for my job. i walk up and down the boardwalk
Kaleopolitus
2. attempt was premeditated AND they went out of their way to prepare for it in advance.
Mohareb
Sounds like the murder charge is because he tried to fire the gun. It just didn't go off
dejadrew
that's why it's attempted murder and not murder
OhIfIMust
From now on I'll be a little more willing to suspend disbelief in movies n stuff when the gun pointed at the protagonist's face goes *click*
triggrhaapi
Looked like a failure to feed.
Freemage69
Honestly, I'm wondering if it was a fake/broken gun in the first place. Some thieves will use such as tools of intimidation, hoping to 1/x
fennecbutt
It was a real gun. Why else would he rack the slide like that, trying to load it as his victim's back is to him, running away?
killerswiller
Even the best designed weapon will fail if not properly maintained. Vegas is out in the desert and knowing how little discipline this 1/2
killerswiller
...guy has, he's likely never cleaned it. 2/2
Freemage69
limit the severity of charges if caught. Source: One of my best friends in HS got into drugs and did this. The gun was a BB pistol 2/x
Freemage69
with a barrel that would slide out when it was held the wrong way. I think he and the group he was with hit three or four gas stations 3/x
Freemage69
before they got busted. My friend was at his GFs place, and one of the others was busted after wearing his letterman's jacket--in a 4/x