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Man Allegedly Opens Fire in Crowded Las Vegas Starbucks, Killing One, Then Calls Cops Pretending to be Witness

Man Allegedly Opens Fire in Crowded Las Vegas Starbucks, Killing One, Then Calls Cops Pretending to be Witness

A gunman allegedly fatally shot a man in a crowded Starbucks on Sunday and then called police to report the crime pretending to be an innocent bystander, according to multiple reports.

Pedro Jose Garcia, 34, is facing murder and several other charges in connection with the incident, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.

"There was an argument inside of Starbucks and the suspect shot the victim and then … proceeded to come outside and he was mixed in with some of the people who were evacuating," Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Dan McGrath said at a press conference on Sunday.

Police said Garcia allegedly entered the coffee shop after his credit card was declined at the drive-thru window. He then allegedly got into an argument with the man, who was a customer, the Review Journal reports.



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It is unclear whether Garcia already knew the victim, the Associated Press reports.

At least 12 customers and workers were in the store when Garcia allegedly opened fire, according to the AP. The Review-Journal reports that, after allegedly shooting the man in the chest, Garcia allegedly fired the gun in the air and pointed it at other customers.

"They were treating it as a type of a hostage barricade. We didn't really know what was going on," McGrath said during the press conference. "After the shooting, there were a lot of people inside … [and] trying to determine who was involved and who was not involved took a little bit of time."

According to the Review Journal, Garcia allegedly called authorities and gave a description of the shooter, and subsequently presented himself to officers as a witness.

He also allegedly told officers there was a bomb in an unattended backpack, which prompted police to evacuate nearby businesses, though no bomb was found, the Review Journal reports.

Garcia is charged with murder, robbery, burglary while possessing a gun and discharging a gun in an occupied building, according to jail records.

He is being held at Clark County Detention Center on $65,000 bail, according to the records.

It is unclear whether he has entered a plea or retained a lawyer.

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