A Las Vegas lady has been arrested for gunning down her boyfriend as she modeled for him with a weapon throughout an impromptu photoshoot — and after cops found her disturbing “fascination with firearms.”
Officers responded to a 911 name {that a} male had been shot at a house about 3 miles south of the North Las Vegas Airport, just a little earlier than 5 a.m., on Aug. 23, in response to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division.
Authorities found Mark Gaughan sprawled on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his neck. He was pronounced lifeless on the scene regardless of determined life-saving efforts by first responders.
Gaughan, 23, had been taking photographs of his girlfriend, Allysandra Blea, when he was killed, police stated.
Police stated that through the early morning photoshoot, Blea, 20, was posing with a firearm earlier than the weapon discharged and fatally struck her boyfriend.
Investigators and the Clark County District Lawyer’s Workplace charged the 20-year-old with Open Homicide with a Lethal Weapon on Aug. 26.
She was arrested with out incident that day and booked into the Clark County Detention Heart.
A Polaroid photograph of Blea posing with a gun and one other of a lady brandishing a knife have been recovered on the scene, in response to the arrest report obtained by Fox 5 Vegas.
The one who referred to as within the deadly taking pictures — the boyfriend of the knife-brandishing mannequin — stated the 2 ladies selected doing a photoshoot at round 4:30 a.m.
The 911 caller informed police that he made certain that the firearm was unloaded and the journal was eliminated earlier than handing the gun over to Blea to make use of for the photoshoot, the outlet reported.
After snapping a couple of footage, the 911 caller’s girlfriend informed police she went inside to alter her outfit. She claimed upon returning outdoors that the journal was loaded again into the gun.
The weapon-wielding mannequin informed police the taking pictures was an accident — insisting she believed the gun had no rounds and had by no means taken a firearm security course earlier than dealing with the gun, in response to the arrest report.
Nevertheless, investigators discovered that Blea allegedly had a disturbing “fascination with firearms” after acquiring a search warrant and brushing by way of her social media accounts and messages.
Investigators discovered quite a few messages referencing her enthusiasm for firearms and constructing an arsenal, accompanied by pictures of her posing with completely different weapons, the outlet reported.
Police discovered one message by which Blea allegedly stated, “I want I might shoot individuals with actual weapons and get away with it,” and spoke about gunning down prostitutes and the homeless, Fox 5 Vegas reported.
In one other dialog, the alleged killer had with Gaughan, he informed her they may use dummies for targets.
Blea chillingly responded, “We gotta shoot somebody actual. Going to be the tunnels. If it’s just one an evening the police will stay clueless,” in response to the arrest report.
“In evaluate of her social media account, Allysandra appeared to have data and expertise of firearms and extra importantly, taking pictures firearms,” police wrote.
The gun-totting mannequin was appointed a public defender when she made her preliminary courtroom look on the Las Vegas Township Justice Court docket on Tuesday, the place Choose Nancy Bernstein formally charged her with homicide, KSNV reported.
Her preliminary listening to is scheduled for Oct. 2.
