Las Vegas man jailed in killing of three

Monday, June 20, 2005 | 11:14 a.m.

Metro Police have arrested a 35-year-old Las Vegas man in connection with the killing of his brother and two 6-year-old children.

Carleton Johnson is charged with three counts of murder and robbery with a weapon. Police said he shot his brother, son and niece inside a southwest valley apartment Saturday night.

The coroner's office had not released the names of the victims this morning.

Police also allege that after the shootings Johnson robbed a person at the Windsor Royal Palms apartment complex on Tropicana Avenue near Jones Boulevard about 9:20 p.m.

He was arrested a short time later.

Police said the victims' bodies were found about 9 p.m. in the complex in the 4200 block of South Jones Boulevard near Tropicana Avenue.

The adult victim's girlfriend told police she was coming home to the apartment when she passed her boyfriend's brother leaving the home, police said.

When she went inside she found her boyfriend and the two children dead.

Terrance O'Leary, an apartment neighbor, said he heard something that sounded like gunshots Saturday night.

Shortly afterward "we heard a neighbor woman screaming," O'Leary said Sunday afternoon.

Other residents declined to comment and went about their daily activities.

A bouquet of flowers lay at the entrance to the apartment where the shooting occurred late Sunday. The blossoms wilted in the afternoon heat.