Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Jury continues deliberations on penalties for Lisle, Lopez

A District Court jury resumed deliberations today after being unable to decide if two men should receive death sentences for murdering the son of the then-North Las Vegas Police Chief.

The jury in District Judge Sally Loehrer's courtroom went home about 9:30 p.m. following six hours of deliberations into the fates of Kevin Lisle, 25, and Jerry Lopez, 26.

The same jury had convicted them last week for the execution murder of 19-year-old Justin Lusch on a lonely road in northwest Las Vegas in August 1994.

Witnesses at the trial testified Lisle admitted pulling the trigger while Lopez watched in the rear view mirror of the car he was driving. The pair had believed Lusch was a "snitch" who owed them money for drugs.

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