Landlord Was Allegedly Shot and Killed by His Tenant After Trying to Evict Him: 'He Didn’t Deserve to Die Like This'

A Las Vegas man has been charged aft he allegedly changeable and killed his landlord.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting successful nan 3600 artifact of North Campbell Road connected nan day of Thursday, May 29, per a press release issued by nan Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).

Police said they entered nan residence and discovered a man “suffering from evident gunshot wounds” connected nan floor. Medics were called, and nan man was pronounced dormant astatine nan scene, per nan release.

Police said that 1 of nan members of nan household, who was later identified arsenic Christopher Rainey, 36, was equipped and taken into custody.

They added that, per their investigation, nan unfortunate was Rainey’s landlord and roommate, and he had served Rainey an eviction announcement soon earlier nan fatal shooting occurred.

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"This upset Rainey, and aft a little verbal exchange, he changeable nan unfortunate respective times," nan constabulary said successful their release.

PEOPLE reached retired to nan LVMPD for remark connected Saturday, May 31, but did not person an contiguous response.

Rainey was arrested and booked into nan Clark County Detention Center connected charges of battle and execution pinch a deadly weapon, per Clark County public records.

Fox connection KLAS reported that a full of 4 group were surviving successful nan residence, and 1 different personification was location astatine nan clip of nan incident.

While nan sanction of nan unfortunate has not yet been released, 1 of nan different persons who lives successful nan location told nan outlet that they had been friends pinch nan unfortunate for 15 years.

“He was my friend, and he didn’t merit to dice for illustration this,” nan roommate said.

“He kept to himself,” nan roommate continued, adding of nan suspect, “He was a creepy, sneaky, boy of a b---- up location successful his room.”

Rainey’s adjacent scheduled tribunal day is June 3, per Clark County nationalist records.