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Loved ones hug during a vigil for Jamar Taylor Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Kensington Suites, 2200 W. Bonanza Road, near Rancho Drive in Las Vegas. Family identified Taylor as the man killed Tuesday in the parking lot at the apartment complex. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Las Vegas police investigate a homicide at Kensington Suites northwest of downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police investigate a homicide at Kensington Suites northwest of downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. (Mike Shoro/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Loved ones gather during a vigil for Jamar Taylor Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Kensington Suites, 2200 W. Bonanza Road, near Rancho Drive in Las Vegas. Family identified Taylor as the man killed Tuesday in the parking lot at the apartment complex. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Jamar Taylor is shown in a family photo during a vigil Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Kensington Suites, 2200 W. Bonanza Road, near Rancho Drive in Las Vegas. Family identified Taylor as the man killed Tuesday in the parking lot at the apartment complex. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Jamarion Taylor, 10, lights a candle for his father Jamar Taylor during a vigil Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Kensington Suites, 2200 W. Bonanza Road, near Rancho Drive in Las Vegas. Family identified Taylor as the man killed Tuesday in the parking lot at the apartment complex. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
Javion Taylor, 6, writes a note for his father Jamar Taylor with the help of his grandmother Kathy Lighten during a vigil Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Kensington Suites, 2200 W. Bonanza Road, near Rancho Drive in Las Vegas. Family identified Taylor as the man killed Tuesday in the parking lot at the apartment complex. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto
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January 17, 2018 - 3:43 am
 

A man arrested in connection with a Tuesday shooting that left one man dead after a dispute over loud music is facing a murder charge.

Jail records show 37-year-old Stavros Stathakos was booked Tuesday on one count of murder with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting. Stathakos is currently being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center and is awaiting his 48-hour hearing.

Police said an argument broke out between Stathakos and another man, whom family identified as Jamar Taylor at a vigil in his honor, in the parking lot of Kensington Suites, 2200 W. Bonanza Road.

Family held a vigil for Taylor at the apartment complex Wednesday night.

Metro said Stathakos started an argument over Taylor playing his music loud out of his vehicle. Police said Stathakos then drew a handgun and shot Taylor.

Stathakos handed the gun off to a witness before returning to his apartment, police said, where police eventually found and detained him. Taylor died at University Medical Center.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Mike Shoro contributed to this story.

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