Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 | 3:40 p.m.
A woman who was allegedly shot and killed by her boyfriend Sept. 2 in an apartment near East Owens and Eastern avenues has been identified by the Clark County Coroner’s office.
Kristan Elizabeth Smith, 51, and 24-year-old Johnny Medrano were arguing in the apartment in the 100 block of North 21st Street when he reportedly shot her and fled.
Officers found Medrano at a nearby residence, and he was booked at the Clark County Detention Center, according to Metro Police. He was arrested on suspicion of murder with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
Smith’s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest, and her death was ruled a homicide. This is the 81st suspected homicide investigated by Metro Police in 2015.
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