Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Coroner IDs infant killed in shooting in North Las Vegas

Authorities have identified a 25-day-old baby who was killed by gunshots fired into a car with his father in the front seat at an apartment complex in a Las Vegas suburb.

The Clark County coroner on Monday identified the infant as Marcus Cleveland Thomas Jr. and said the shooting late Saturday in North Las Vegas was a homicide.

The boy's 22-year-old father was wounded and his 19-year-old mother and two other children, 4 and 2, escaped injury in the four-door Chrysler that was riddled with bullets.

The father was hospitalized in stable condition.

Police have not determined a motive but believe the shooting was not random or sparked by road rage.