The suspect in fatal I-15 shootings had cocaine, was 'paranoid'

Las Vegas (KSNV) – Witnesses said the man arrested because of The fatal shootout on Sunday on Interstate 15 In North -las Vegas, cocaine had used and, according to a police report, seemed to be “paranoid” in the hours earlier.

The 28-year-old Joseph de Luna was custody for suspicion of the murder about the shootout, which south I-15 for several hours.

In an arrest report, the North Las Vegas police wrote that de Luna called itself to report the shootout. The officials learned that de Luna told the dispatcher that “he was threatened by someone and had to shoot them”.

The police examined the Dodge truck, where they found the victim, whose name is edited from the arrest report. The body sat down in the back seat, but the bullet holes and other evidence indicate that he was in the driver's seat when he was shot.

De Luna told the police that he and the other man were in a bar and decided to drive around. De Luna admitted that he had drunk heavily beforehand and said the other man threatened Luna to work for him, otherwise he would hurt de Luna and his family.

De Luna said he had partially put the truck while he was on the move on the highway. The other man said that he would hurt de Luna and “shift his body” and de Luna to believe that the other man had a gun and opened fire, the report says. When asked why he didn't leave the truck, de Luna said that the other man threatened him, even though he admitted that he had never seen the man with a gun or another weapon.

According to the report, a soldier who reacted to the scene found a small bag with “suspected cocaine” during a search on de Luna.

Witnesses told the detectives that de Luna, the victim and others in a house previously hanged out in a house, and de Luna used all night over cocaine. One person said de Luna “sometimes” acted differently in the influence of cocaine, “the report says.

A second witness said de Luna “had cocaine in the Haus Paranoid and all his time in the house,” wrote the police.

The police wrote that de Luna could not describe a specific threat to him and never saw a weapon, so he was arrested on suspicion of open murder. On Tuesday, March 4, he will appear for the first time before the judicial court of North Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 4.