Homicide suspect who escaped North Las Vegas police custody re-arrested
The man who escaped North Las Vegas police custody Friday just hours after he was arrested in connection with a homicide case was re-arrested Tuesday, officials confirmed.
Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department and an FBI SWAT team took the man, Alonso Perez, into custody Tuesday, Metro Lt. David Gordon said. Police did not say where nor what time of day Perez was rearrested.
Perez, 25, was initially arrested about 10 a.m. Friday, then taken to the department’s detective bureau at 3525 W. Cheyenne Ave., near Simmons Street, where he was placed in an interview room, still handcuffed.
About 12:45 p.m., “after the detective stepped out of the room, Perez turned the handcuffs until he broke free and escaped the building,” North Las Vegas police spokesman Aaron Patty had said.
Perez then stole a white 2016 Ford F-250 pickup truck with Nevada license plate 26C819 from a neighboring business and drove away. The truck was found Saturday without Perez, and no one was injured.
It’s unclear how much time passed before police realized Perez had escaped Friday. There was no indication he stole any weapons or firearms from the building, Patty had said.
Perez is linked to the shooting death of Mohammed Robinson, 31, who died Aug. 27 at University Medical Center after an 11:45 p.m. shooting the night before on the 3000 block of Las Vegas Boulevard North. Police did not say Tuesday what linked Perez to the case.
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