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Gunman in Henderson triple slaying claimed to be comic book villain

Fatal OIS Near Wigwam and Stephanie

Steve Marcus

Henderson Police officers are shown at the scene of a fatal shooting in an apartment complex near Wigwam Parkway and Stephanie Street in Henderson Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

A man who fatally shot three neighbors rambled incoherently about being a comic book villain and demanded a helicopter before officers killed him, according to a 911 recording released today by Henderson Police.

Jason Neo Bourne kicked in the door of a neighbor’s apartment Nov. 3 and shot and killed two women, police said. He also wounded a 16-year-old girl and kidnapped a 12-year-old boy, police said.

Police and medics responded about 11 a.m. to reports of gunfire in the 1400 block of Stonelake Cove Avenue, near Stephanie Street and Wigwam Parkway.

As officers were looking for the shooter, Bourne called 911, telling the dispatcher he was from the future and had killed someone.

“I want to introduce myself,” said Bourne, noting that his name was Bane, a supervillain in the Batman universe. He said he was doing a movie and that he and the boy wanted a helicopter — “a big chopper.”

Bourne told dispatchers he didn’t want to hurt the boy. But when they asked for his location, he told the boy to tell them.

“If you get your address wrong, I have to kill you,” he said on the recorded call.

Officers were directed to the suspect’s Cadillac Escalade parked at the apartment complex. Bourne was sitting in the driver’s seat, and the boy was next to him, Henderson Police Deputy Chief David Burns said.

Bourne, who was still on the phone with the dispatcher, had the gun pointed at the boy and refused to roll down his window or interact with the officers, police said.

Seven officers opened fire after Bourne shot the boy, Burns said. Bourne and the child died at the scene.

Police have not determined a motive for the shooting and the investigation was ongoing, Burns said.