A Las Vegas man was arrested on April 8 for allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend’s brother and then calling her on the phone to taunt her about it.
Byron Manning, 24, is accused of fatally shooting Ronald Moore, 34, at an apartment in North Las Vegas. According to a criminal complaint, Moore’s sister had ended her four-year relationship with Manning. The woman asked her brother to be present at the apartment due to threatening messages Manning had sent.
“The threats stated Byron was going to hurt somebody important in her life,” the report read.
It’s unclear how many people fired weapons, but Moore was gunned down at an apartment on April 7. Multiple shell casings from a .223-caliber rifle were recovered from the scene.
“Byron later called her and laughed, ‘haha, I got him,’” detectives said in the report.
Manning fled the scene and was located with his family in Jean less than two hours after the shooting.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Manning’s brothers, who were present at the apartment for the shooting, told police that he was the gunman. Manning has denied the accusations. The suspect was “evasive” during questioning and gave police “misleading answers.”
Manning was taken into custody and charged with a single count of murder. He is being held without bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
