Police look for suspect in robbery, fatal shooting
Police are searching for a 29-year-old man in connection with the killing of a 59-year-old Las Vegas man who was robbed and fatally shot in his home on Saturday.
Las Vegas police said they are looking for Kenneth Christian Spitznogle-Daley, who is considered to be armed and dangerous. He may be driving a white 1993 Chevrolet Beretta with the Nevada license plate number 591-RMC.
He is wanted in connection with the shooting death of Fred Gates, who was found by his wife in their house on the 2400 block of Anglia Street, near Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard.
“It’s a senseless death and the act of a cowardly man,” said 29-year-old Cassie Zerfas, a family friend and neighbor.
She and other friends of the family who gathered in Zerfas’ driveway on Sunday said Gates had advertised that he was selling some guns and the suspect had made an appointment on Saturday night to view them.
When Gates’ wife arrived home at about 6:45 p.m., she found her husband shot in the back of the head, Zerfas and police said.
Neighbors said she arrived home about 15 minutes after the suspect was seen leaving the house.
The victim’s wife attempted to perform CPR, but Gates died before paramedics could take him to a hospital.
The suspect had stolen guns and jewelry from the locked safe where they were stored, family friends said, adding that the suspect probably got away with less than $10,000 worth of goods.
Gates, who worked at as a limousine driver, shot guns as a hobby. Known as a gentle man and a hard worker, Gates and his wife had a large peace sign painted on their garage door because “that’s what they were about,” Zerfas said.
Anyone with information about this incident or the whereabouts of Spitznogle-Daley is urged to call the homicide unit at 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.
