LAS VEGAS (AP) - North Las Vegas police are identifying the patrol officer who shot and killed a casino security guard after the guard allegedly pummeled a slot machine technician to death last week at the Silver Nugget.
Officer Ann Cavaricci says Officer Rodrigo Delara is on paid post-shooting leave pending departmental and district attorney reviews.
Delara is 22 and has been a North Las Vegas police officer since early 2015.
Police say 64-year-old Edgardo Lavado Velasquez didn’t fight Jeremias Cruz while Cruz dragged him through employee areas and then beat him to death with his fists.
Cavaricci says the 30-year-old Cruz had what she called a “chaotic episode” early Thursday, and also fought with another unarmed security guard who suffered a hand injury trying to pull him off Velasquez before police arrived.
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