Teens arrested, charged in shooting death

Friday, Aug. 12, 2005 | 10:40 a.m.

A 14-year-old alleged crack dealer and his 16-year-old friend remained in the Clark County Detention Center this morning charged with shooting and killing a Las Vegas man who refused to give them his wallet, according to police.

Metro Police arrested Samario Williams, 14, and Demondray Mayo, 16, on Aug. 6 after Clark County paramedics found the body of 26-year-old Jesus Escoto-Gonzales in an alley in the 3300 block of Athens Street, near Desert Inn Road, earlier that morning.

In the arrest report, Metro Detective James Vaccaro said that Williams told officers he was selling crack cocaine from an apartment in the 3300 block of Cambridge Street late on Aug. 5 when Mayo came in an asked to borrow Williams' gun to "rob a Mexican in the alley."

Williams allegedly told police that he followed Mayo into the alley where Escoto-Gonzales walking, then saw Mayo point the gun at Escoto-Gonzales, who was reluctant to turn over his wallet.

Escoto-Gonzales was later found with a close-range gunshot wound to his chest and lacerations and contusions on his legs, arms and chest, indicating he was involved in a fight, police said.

Mayo later told police he shot Escoto-Gonzales because he was holding a knife to the throat of Mayo's girlfriend, 20-year-old Andrea Roman, and was demanding sex from her, officers said. Roman, however, later told police that Escoto-Gonzales did not have a knife and never threatened her, according to the arrest report.

Mayo and Williams each face six separate charges, including one count each of conspiracy to commit murder and murder with a deadly weapon.