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Richter sets a deposit of $ 300,000 for the man who is accused of fatal I-15 shootout in North Las Vegas

A judge agreed to set the deposit for the accused man Shoot and kill someone On a highway in North Las Vegas at the beginning of this month.

The 28 -year -old Joseph de Luna appeared on Monday for a hearing before North Las Vegas' judicial court at the request of his lawyer.

The North Las Vegas police arrested de Luna about suspicion of the open murder for the death of 21-year-old Jaime Zamora on Sunday, March 2,.

De Luna called 911 to report the shootout. According to an arrest report. The officials learned that de Luna told the dispatcher that “he was threatened by someone and had to shoot them”.

The police wrote that de Luna could not describe a specific threat to him and never saw a weapon.

At the hearing on Monday, De Luna's lawyer Josh Tomsheck criticized the submission of a first degree against de Luna and said it was “almost ridiculous”.

“If this was a deliberate murder … this is probably the worst plan in the history of time,” said Tomsheck to judge Belinda Harris.

Sammy Lamb, Deputy Prosecutor of Clark County, asked either not a deposit or a hiring of $ 1 million and argued that “the idea had replaced the killing”. She told Harris that Zamora was shot in the head six times and once, and claimed that de Luna had only called 911 because he knew that he could not leave the scene.

“He didn't just shot him once, just to weaken him, he continued to shoot it,” said Lamb. “In the actin this is intentions and that is first degree.”

Harris decided to fix the deposit at $ 300,000 with the conditions for electronic monitoring on a high level and without contact with Zamora's family. He would also have to hand in his passport.

A preliminary hearing is planned for May 1st.