Incident

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12-08-2019 Nevada Las Vegas 1-1

Location

December 08, 2019

Incident Address

Las Vegas, Nevada

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Daniel Garcia III
Age: 25
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Armed Robbery
Name: Benjamin Smith
Age: 21
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found

Notes

victim killed trying to stop suspect from breaking into father's car, suspect accidentally shot self in leg

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/dec/08/man-killed-trying-to-prevent-suspect-from-stealing/

URL: https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/man-shot-killed-trying-to-stop-car-burglary/

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 21
State House District: 14