Las Vegas police arrest woman in 2017 fatal shooting

Las Vegas police have arrested a 47-year-old woman in the deadly shooting of a man in November 2017.

The woman, Yolanda L. Washington, was arrested Monday on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon in connection with a homicide on Nov. 15, 2017, Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer confirmed.

Her arrest comes about 16 months after a passerby found Eric Thomas, 32, about 10:45 p.m. that night lying in the roadway near B Street and Van Buren Avenue suffering from gunshot wounds to his back and head. He died at a local hospital; his death was ruled a homicide.

Washington has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Thursday, court records show. Those records also indicate she has a co-defendant, identified as Samuel Moore, who has not yet been arrested. He has also been charged with murder, the records show.

Further details were not immediately clear.

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