Life on the line
The teen who shot dead the son of an ex-North Las Vegas state senator at Aliante Casino and Hotel in North Las Vegas recently is facing the death penalty.
death penalty for killing Na’Onche Osborne
According to reports on Wednesday, prosecutors are considering hitting Aerion Warmsley, 19, with the death penalty for killing Na’Onche Osborne, 23, at the Aliante in March.
Osborne was the son of ex-North Las Vegas state senator and candidate for mayor, Patricia Ann Spearman.
Night of chaos
In March, Warmsley fled from police in a high-speed car chase involving three stolen vehicles. He hit two pedestrians.
Nevada courts indicted Warmsley last week on multiple counts, with the prime charge murder with use of a deadly weapon, along with federal gun and carjacking charges.
Other charges were “robbery, reckless driving resulting in substantial bodily harm and duty to stop at the scene of a crash involving death or personal injury.”
The NLVPD previously stated that while fleeing in a Mercedes, the suspect hit two pedestrians at a Tropicana Avenue/Boulder Highway bus stop, resulting in serious injuries.
Death penalty
According to reports, Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal said the case was going to committee. The LVR-J stated Palal’s comment most likely references the case is heading to the committee in charge of pursuing death penalties.
prosecutors were considering capital punishment over aggravating factors
Deputy District Attorney Morgan Lombardo added further jeopardy to Warmsley’s life expectancy. Lombardo said prosecutors were considering capital punishment over aggravating factors including “the mass destruction of everything.”
Nevada still enforces the death penalty, which is delivered solely by lethal injection. The state has, however, not lethally dispatched any criminal since 2006.
