Suspect, 76, jailed in Las Vegas fatal shooting

Orvil Gene Grimes, a 76‑year‑old man, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday on charges of open‑count murder with use of a deadly weapon in connection with a fatal shooting in east Las Vegas. He was booked under the same Metropolitan Police Department case number that accompanied the discovery of a body in the 1200 block of South Eastern Avenue, adjacent to Charleston Boulevard, at 1:46 p.m. on Tuesday. The Clark County coroner’s office has not yet released the identity of the deceased. Metro Lt. Robert Price said Tuesday that the victim was an unhoused man in his 40s who had been fatally shot. “The lone details we cognize truthful acold are it appears that idiosyncratic had been determination for rather immoderate clip and we judge the shooting took spot sometime aboriginal this morning,” Price said Tuesday night. It was not immediately clear on Thursday why investigators suspect Grimes in the killing. Grimes is scheduled to appear before Las Vegas Justice Court on Thursday.