Man ‘playing’ with gun in northwest Las Vegas shoots, kills 1
A 28-year-old man was arrested after police said he was “playing” with a handgun when he shot another man Thursday night in northwest Las Vegas.
Matthew Stafford was booked at the Clark County Detention Center on one count of involuntary manslaughter, the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement Friday afternoon. Stafford did not show up in jail records Friday night.
Just before 7 p.m. Thursday, Las Vegas police received a call from two of the four men in an apartment in the 9300 block of Gilcrease Avenue, near Grand Teton Drive and Hualapai Way. Metro Lt. Ray Spencer said Thursday night that four men in their late 20s were socializing when one man picked up a handgun.
“While he was playing with the handgun the handgun went off and shot the victim,” Spencer said.
The man shot was struck one time and was pronounced dead at the scene, Spencer said. The Clark County coroner’s office on Friday identified him as Christopher Campise, 28, of Las Vegas.
“Any gun that you are holding is potentially a loaded weapon,” Spencer said. “Especially when you’re playing with a handgun in a setting like this. This is a tragic outcome to a situation that is completely avoidable.”
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