A 15-year-old was taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of his father in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The teenager “was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, open murder, and booked into the Clark County Juvenile Hall,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a press release.
In Nevada, open murder is a legal term covering possible charges ranging from first- and second-degree murder to voluntary and involuntary homicide. A more specific charge may follow.
Newsweek reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for more information.
Why It Matters
Nearly 10 percent more U.S. juveniles were accused of violent crimes last year compared to 2022, according to data released by the FBI in September. Violent crimes involving all ages, however, dropped during the same stretch, according to bureau data.
The FBI’s annual “Summary of Crime in the Nation” stated that suspects in violent crimes who were younger than 18 increased from 31,302 in …