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Suspect in custody after deadly robbery in central Las Vegas

By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 27, 2018 - 4:45 am
 
Updated August 27, 2018 - 9:48 am
Phillip McGregor (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Homicide detectives investigate after a fatal shooting Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, near downtown, Las Vegas. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A man is facing a murder charge in connection with a deadly robbery Saturday in the central valley.

Booking logs and jail records show that 22-year-old Phillip McGreggor was booked Sunday into the Clark County Detention Center in connection with the death of Jermele Rayvone Watkins, 28. He died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.

Police said a group of men robbed Watkins on Saturday before shooting him inside an apartment at 517 N. 28th St., near Bonanza Road.

Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said the victim was a documented gang member and knew the men who robbed him.

McGreggor’s 48-hour-hearing is scheduled for Monday morning.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0365. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Rio Lacanlale contributed to this report.

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