John Jefferson
Background: A Las Vegas intersection near where police say a shooting death occurred (Google Maps). Inset: Daisy Gonzalez (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department/KLAS).
A Las Vegas teen is accused of spearheading a murder conspiracy by telling a group of friends that they needed to “stick to the same story” after a fatal shooting.
Daisy Gonzalez is linked to a Jan. 2 shooting at an apartment complex, Las Vegas CBS affiliate KLAS reported. Police had received a call from someone who said his neighbor, Darian Gonzalez, was shot inside his apartment and several people were seen running from the residence.
Citing arrest documents, KLAS reported that Daisy Gonzalez was among the people who had gone to Darian Gonzalez’s apartment that night sometime after 6 p.m., along with a small group of friends. She reportedly told police that they were recording a song in a makeshift studio in Darian Gonzalez’s apartment, where they also smoked marijuana and drank alcohol.
She told police that she was in the bathroom when she heard “a lot of shots,” and when she came out, she saw Darian Gonzalez lying on the floor. She and her friends fled the apartment, although one of them had been shot in the leg and ended up at a hospital around 20 minutes after the shooting, KLAS reported, citing the arrest warrant.
Darian Gonzalez was ultimately found by a neighbor who heard the gunshots and came to his apartment, KLAS reported.
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Less than an hour after the fatal shooting, police said, Daisy Gonzalez sent messages to that injured friend via social media that read: “Don’t mention nothing that happen.”
“You both have to stick to the same story,” she allegedly added, referring to her friend and his girlfriend.
A few days later, she allegedly sent Instagram messages acknowledging that “If I get locked up and charged Cz nobody’s talking,” she “might do a little time … because I’m an accessory.” She also implied that “she could have “prevented all this [from] happening,” KLAS reported.
“I have good lawyers,” she also allegedly wrote, according to the warrant.
Investigators later recovered Instagram messages indicating that the group of friends hadn’t gone to the apartment to record a song — but instead were there to steal one of Darian Gonzalez’s guns.
At least three other people have been indicted in connection with the shooting, KLAS reported.
Gonzalez was 15 or 16 at the time of the shooting, KLAS reported, and has been certified as an adult. Court records show that she is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Court records show that Gonzalez is currently in custody and her next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 16.
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