Las Vegas, NV (AP) - A Las Vegas judge said Tuesday she’ll decide next week whether to grant bail to two men facing felony murder charges in the shooting deaths of two people during what police said were a series of New Year’s Eve robberies.
Jesani Carter, 20, and Jordan Ruby, 18, are charged with murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery in the fatal shooting of a Hawaii woman during a purse-snatching in the Fashion Show parking garage and the killing of a man in his 50s in the Palace Station parking area.
Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia’s decision to schedule a bail hearing Jan. 10 gives prosecutors time to upgrade those charges, which could lead to the death penalty.
Carter and Ruby are being held at the Clark County Detention Center pending their court appearance next week.
The Clark County coroner said Clarice Yamaguchi, 66, of Waipahu, Hawaii, died Friday at University Medical Center in Las Vegas of a gunshot to the neck. Her death was ruled a homicide. The victim of the shooting at Palace Station has yet to be identified.