A Las Vegas man was arrested after his girlfriend was found dead at a home on Monday, authorities said.
James Gina III, 50, and the deceased female victim were found at the residence when officers responded around 2:30 p.m. to a call about a possible person injured, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Tuesday in a news release.
Detectives determined that Gina was the victim’s boyfriend and a suspect in the case.
Gina was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of open murder involving a deadly weapon and owning/possessing a gun by a prohibited person, according to online jail records. He was being held without bail.
Details surrounding the alleged murder or the victim’s identity were not immediately released.
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The Clark County Coroner’s Office will eventually release the victim’s identification along with a cause and manner of death.
Authorities asked anyone with information about the incident to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com.
