Domestic Dispute Turns Deadly in Minutes (Image Credits: Unsplash)
Las Vegas – A 3-year-old boy lost his life early Tuesday when his father held him hostage outside a southeast valley apartment complex, sparking a police shooting that also killed the man.[1][2]
Domestic Dispute Turns Deadly in Minutes
Around 1:20 a.m. on February 3, Raneka Pate called Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers to the Parkside Villas apartments in the 8400 block of South Maryland Parkway. She reported a domestic dispute that involved the father battering her and attempting to take their son from the residence.[3]
En route, dispatch informed officers that the suspect had fired a handgun in the complex parking lot. Pate told arriving police that Quinton Baker remained inside with their 3-year-old son, Kentre Baker, and stayed armed. Moments later, Baker emerged holding the boy.[1]…