LAS VEGAS — A suspect is in custody and is set to be charged in the shooting deaths of two homeless men in Las Vegas and the attempted murders of two other victims—police say the incidents appear random.
On January 29, 2018 at 3:06 a.m. officers were dispatched to the 2900
block of West Washington Street and found an unresponsive man suffering from
gunshot wounds. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene, and detectives
with the LVMPD Homicide Section determined he had been sleeping outside of the
business when an unidentified suspect walked up and shot him. The suspect fled the
scene before officers’ arrival.
At about 7:13 a.m. that same morning, the LVMPD was notified about another homeless
male that had been taken to UMC Trauma with a gunshot wound to the head. The
victim woke up with the injury and did not know when it actually occurred. The victim
was initially transported from the area of Veterans Memorial Drive and East Washington
Avenue. Police say the two incidents were related.
On February 2, 2018 at 10:03 a.m. officers were dispatched to the area of North 14th Street and US-95 to investigate a report of a man discovered deceased under the bridge. At about 4:16 a.m. video surveillance showed the suspect approaching the victim and shooting him.
It was later discovered that on January 29, 2018 at about 12:30 a.m. a shooting had
taken place in Logandale, Nevada. The victim was outside of a convenience store
when the suspect approached in a vehicle. The suspect shot several rounds towards
the victim, striking him once. The victim suffered a non-life threatening wound.
Surveillance video of the vehicle was obtained and appears to be the same vehicle from the events that took place later that day in Las Vegas.
During the course of the investigation, police determined all four of these incidents are
related.
Detectives identified 26-year-old Joshua Castellon as the suspect.
Castellon was arrested on February 16, 2018 by a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on a federal weapons charge. Today, detectives with the LVMPD Homicide Section submitted a Declaration of Warrant for the arrest of Castellon for two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder to the Clark County District Attorney’s Office.
