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Suspect in Las Vegas home invasion shooting appears in court

A man suspected of breaking into a woman’s home and shooting her appeared in court on Monday after his arrest on attempted murder and burglary charges.

Kevin Filliger, 30, was arrested Tuesday in connection with a shooting at a home inside the Stallion Mountain Golf Club, near Nellis Boulevard and Desert Inn Road. The victim told police that a man walking a dog broke into her home, shot her and grabbed her throat before she was able to escape and call 911 from her neighbor’s house.

Filliger appeared for a brief court hearing Monday morning in front of Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia. He told the judge that he understands the charges he is facing — attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm, battery with a deadly weapon, illegally discharging a firearm, burglary while in possession of a firearm, and possessing a gun as a prohibited person.

The judge appointed the public defender’s office to represent Filliger and scheduled a preliminary hearing for Feb. 18.

Police arrested Filliger after finding him walking away from the victim’s home with a dog, according to an arrest report.

Detectives attempted to interview Filliger while he was sitting in a Metro patrol vehicle, the report said, when he was seen “licking the window” of the car. An officer gave Filliger a piece of paper and a pen to see if he would communicate, and Filliger wrote that he “shot her,” according to the report.

Court records show that Filliger was on probation, which he was sentenced to in September for a felony charge of attempting to own or possess a firearm by a prohibited person.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240.

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