Man’s death in domestic shooting in Henderson ruled suicide

The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified a man who Henderson police said shot and killed his 34-year-old ex-wife, and then shot himself.

About 2:35 a.m. Nov. 8, police were called to a home on the 3000 block of Warm Springs Road, near Green Valley Parkway, after receiving a report of a shooting, the Henderson Police Department has said. When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman dead with apparent gunshot wounds.

The woman, 34-year-old Brittany Smith, was previously identified by the coroner’s office, and her death was ruled a homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds.

The coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the man as 42-year-old Tony Carr, of Henderson. His death was ruled a suicide due to a perforating gunshot wound of the head.

Although police did not initially say the shooting was a murder-suicide, the department said in an emailed statement on Tuesday that the man shot and killed the 34-year-old, who was his ex-wife, before shooting himself.

Carr shot multiple rounds into the home, striking both Smith and Carr’s former brother-in-law, injuring the other man, police said. All three were living together.

The person who took the 911 call on Nov. 8 heard “banging and yelling” in the background, police have said. Investigators believe there was an argument just prior to the shooting.

Carr’s former brother-in-law was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.

Further information was not immediately available.

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