Coroner IDs man who died in custody after police say he fired rifle in NLV neighborhood

The antheral who constabulary say fired an AR-15 successful a North Las Vegas neighborhood earlier dying successful custody has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.

Daniel Lujan Jr., 39, died pursuing the Sunday incidental successful the 6000 artifact of Yellowhammer Place, adjacent Aviary and Deer Springs ways, according to the coroner.

North Las Vegas Police said officers were called astir noon to reports of a antheral randomly firing an battle firearm connected a residential street. When officers located the man, identified arsenic Lujan, helium resisted their attempts to apprehension him, constabulary said.

“Once apprehended, the fishy became unresponsive and was transported to UMC Trauma Center,” wherever helium was pronounced dead, constabulary said successful a quality release.

Neighbors said officers utilized a less-than-lethal shotgun and Taser connected Lujan astatine adjacent range. Among them was Jordan Diltz, who recorded the incident.

Video recorded by Diltz showed a antheral lying connected a sidewalk arsenic a patrol car and respective officers approached him.

The man, who did not look to beryllium holding a agelong gun, stood and stumbled arsenic helium tried to tally from astatine slightest 7 officers moving toward him.

The video appears to amusement the antheral tally toward an serviceman and autumn aft making contact. He past appears to deed the serviceman with his chapeau portion connected his backmost earlier the serviceman stood implicit him and punched astatine his caput repeatedly.

Several officers surrounded the antheral connected the crushed portion an serviceman swung astatine him, the video showed.

Diltz antecedently said officers changeable the antheral with what appeared to beryllium a less-than-lethal legume container shotgun circular and tased him.

Asked to merchandise assemblage camera footage from the shooting, North Las Vegas constabulary said the probe was inactive active.

“As the probe progresses, the North Las Vegas Police Department anticipates releasing further accusation done a Critical Incident Media Release, which volition see a prerecorded briefing outlining the preliminary facts of the incident,” section spokesperson Roberto Vaquera said successful an emailed statement. “A merchandise day has not yet been finalized.”

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