16-year-old arrested in connection with fatal shooting in Las Vegas

Tyaireon Collins, 16, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of one count of open murder with a deadly weapon, court records show.

Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ray Spencer said Collins was arrested in connection with the death of 16-year-old Christopher Williams, who died Aug. 23.

Police were called to Las Vegas Boulevard just north of Nellis Boulevard around 3 p.m. Aug. 23 after three male juveniles got into an altercation with Williams and one of them fired a gun before the three juveniles fled the area, Spencer said at the time.

Williams’ death was ruled a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.

Details of Collins’ arrest were not yet available Friday. He is scheduled for a juvenile hearing Monday.

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