LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man is in custody, accused of killing and shooting another man in the desert outside Las Vegas, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
A grand jury voted to indict Aaron Jackson Jr., 36, on charges including open murder last week, prosecutors announced Friday. Police arrested Jackson on a warrant on Oct. 26.
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Officers located Winston Ricketts, 27, deceased in a desert area near the Sloan Shooting Area off Interstate 15 on June 21, documents said. The remote location is about a half-hour drive from the Las Vegas Strip.
Ricketts, who went by the names “Rome” and “Jamaica” and shot music videos, died from multiple gunshot wounds. During Friday’s hearing, prosecutors noted Ricketts had several gunshot wounds to his back…