LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police said surveillance photos showing a suspect’s distinct tattoos, combined with photos the suspect had posted to social media, led police to him.
Jesus Colmenares is accused of shooting one victim and kidnapping a second outside of a Las Vegas convenience store, KLAS reported.
In Colmenares’ arrest report, officers with the Las Vegas Police Department said they were initially called to the convenience store for a report of a shooting. Upon arriving, they found a victim who had been shot twice in his legs.
The victim, Jamal Bell, told investigators he was leaving his friends house and was walking down the street when his knees “went numb” and he ran to the convenience store for help.
While investigators were at the convenience store investigating the shooting, a man flagged down officers and told them that he had been kidnapped at gunpoint from the parking lot. That victim, Ryan Brizeno, told police he was parked and playing with his phone when he heard gunshots. Brizeno told police a man approached his truck, pointed a semi-automatic firearm at him, and demanded to be allowed into the truck. Pointing the gun, the suspect allegedly forced Brizeno to drive him to another convenience store, where the suspect got out of the vehicle and left.
Las Vegas police said that they looked at surveillance video from both convenience stores, and noticed that the suspect had distinct tattoos on both of his hands, KLAS reported. A week later, one of the investigators found a Facebook page for Colmenares, showing the same distinctive tattoos. The tattoos described in court paperwork include depictions of a rosary bead necklace with cross on Colmenares’ right wrist to third finger.
Colmenares is charged with battery with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied structure, kidnapping with a deadly weapon and assault with a deadly weapon.
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