Justitie · Baker shooting reviewParkside Villas shooting review: Investigators can't identify whose bullets struck childGeschreven 30 oktober 2026 om 06:43 UTCKijkenTranscript0:07Gunfire killed a father and his three-year-old son during a confrontation with0:10police.0:11Two officers fired, and so did the child's father.0:13Prosecutors have declined charges against the officers, but investigators still0:17can't say whose bullet struck Kentra Baker.0:19Quinton Baker was twenty-eight when he and Kentra died at Parkside Villa's0:23apartments in Las Vegas.0:24The shooting happened on February third, two thousand and twenty-six at the complex0:28near Maryland Parkway and Wigwam Avenue.0:31Clark County held its public review on October twenty eight.0:34Detective Brian Walter testified about the confrontation.0:37Josh Tomshek, the ombudsman representing the public and the Baker family, questioned0:41him about the danger officers faced and the decisions they made.0:44Walter said officers viewed Baker as an immediate threat when they fired.0:48He based that answer on an officer's statement at the scene.0:51Tomshek's questioning also examined whether police actions may have increased the0:54danger to the child.0:55Police received the initial call around one nineteen in the morning.0:58A woman said Baker had battered her and her friend.1:01Investigators described an argument involving two women, and said one warned police1:05that Baker had threatened to kill his son and himself.1:07Walter testified that Baker came out holding Kentra and pointing a handgun at him.1:11He said Baker walked toward officers despite commands to stop.1:14Baker said he wanted to see Kentra's mother and kill himself.1:17Walter also described Baker warning that he would kill Kentra and himself if1:21officers came upstairs.1:22Body camera footage captured repeated commands to stop.1:25One officer asked, Does he have the gun on the kid's chest?1:29A supervisor instructed an officer to take the shot if he had a clear line of fire.1:32Walter testified.1:34Investigators estimated that about one minute passed between the officer's first1:38visual contact with Baker and the shooting.1:40Investigators said the two officers fired five rounds combined, and Baker fired1:44four.1:45Those totals describe the gunfire during the confrontation.1:48They don't tell us which bullet struck each person or establish the order of every1:52shot.1:52Tom Shek asked Walter whether investigators could identify the source of the shots1:56that struck Kentra.1:57Walter said the coroner hadn't specified which weapon fired each bullet.2:00The autopsies documented injuries, but investigators couldn't connect the child's2:04wounds to a particular gun.2:05Quinton Baker had four gunshot wounds.2:08Kentray had two.2:09Investigators couldn't determine whether the bullets that struck Kentra came from2:13police weapons or his father's handgun.2:15The wound counts leave that question unresolved, even with the totals for rounds2:19fired.2:19Walter maintained that officers were responding to Baker's conduct and the threat he2:23presented.2:24He said Baker had dictated the sequence of events by leaving the apartment and2:28approaching officers while holding his son at gunpoint.2:30Walter said a peaceful outcome might have been possible if Baker had stayed inside2:34until a tactical police team and negotiators arrived.2:37That was his assessment of a different course the encounter could have taken.2:40The coroner classified both deaths as homicides.2:43That medical classification doesn't identify who fired the bullets that struck2:46Kentra or established criminal liability.2:48The district attorney's office had already made a preliminary determination against2:51prosecuting the officers before the public review.2:54Hearing officer Ozzifumo described the proceeding as a way to give the public the2:57essential facts surrounding Baker's death.2:59The review gathered information.3:01It made no formal finding on the cause or manner of death and delivered no verdict.3:05The district attorney's office declined to prosecute the two officers who fired.3:09That decision leaves the forensic question intact.3:11Investigators still can't identify whose bullets struck Kentra.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDex
