Las Vegas man killed in shooting identified; 15-year-old son arrested
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a man police said was shot and killed by his son during a family quarrel Saturday in the central valley.
Jeremy Peterson, 45, died inside a house in the 6600 block of Tampa Court, near Rainbow Boulevard and Smoke Ranch Road.
Peterson’s 15-year-old son is accused of killing him, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The teenager was arrested on one count each of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, said police, who did not release his name because he is a minor.
The shooting stemmed from a “verbal altercation” between the victim, the teenager and “other family members,” police said. “At some point, the juvenile grabbed a firearm and shot his father.”
Additional details were not immediately available.
Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez at rtorres@reviewjournal.com.
