Photos released of man wanted in son’s shooting death

By Las Vegas Sun Staff (contact)

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 | 2:24 p.m.

Metro Police released photos today of a man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of his son in Las Vegas this past weekend.

Investigators said the shooting was the result of an argument that escalated after the two had watched the boxing match of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez on television.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jerry Pough Sr. charging him with murder with a deadly weapon. Pough, 53, of Oakland, Calif., is described as black, 5-foot-9 and 155 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen driving a silver, four-door Chevrolet HHR from Budget Rent-A-Car with California plates 6HVY215.

Police said Pough is wanted in the shooting of 31-year-old Jerry Pough Jr., of Las Vegas, who was found dead Sunday morning near Buffalo and Alta drives. Pough Jr. died of a gunshot wound to the head, a spokeswoman for the coroner's office said.

Police were called at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday to the 7700 block of Cherry River Drive in response to the shooting. A car with a body inside was parked in a residential driveway, police said. Pough Jr. was taken to University Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

Earlier in the evening the father and son had been at a bar in the northeast valley with family and friends to watch the boxing match of Mayweather Jr. and Marquez, police said.

Pough Sr. has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is bi-polar, and believes people are trying to follow or kill him, a police warrant indicated. Family members told police that Pough Sr. is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, that he is a "survivalist" and always travels with camping gear, an AK-47 assault rifle, a MAC-10 carbine and another unknown type of rifle, the warrant says.

Anyone with information about the homicide or the whereabouts of Pough Sr. is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555, or the Metro Police Homicide Section at (702) 828-3521.