Las Vegas teen charged in ambush killing of 16-year-old
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas teen murder suspect walked out of an apartment with a friend knowing two other people lay in wait to ambush them so they could steal a gun and shoot him, according to the arrest report for 17-year-old Jordan Da’Sharp Brown.
Brown was automatically certified as an adult in the court system due to the seriousness of the alleged crime. He is one of three suspects accused in the murder of Ah’Shioni Henderson, 16, on April 9 at an apartment complex located on Buffalo Drive near Lake Mead Boulevard.
According to police documents, Brown conspired with Lennix Dockery and DeAjai Guaydacan, both 18, to steal a gun from Henderson. Brown posted a photo on his Instagram account of Henderson with a “Glock-style handgun” for sale. The report said, that on the evening of the shooting, a witness told police they were at a gathering in an apartment — in the complex where the shooting occurred — and witnessed Brown put a gun he was carrying into Henderson’s pants pocket.
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Documents said Brown told police he was contacted by someone named “Jay” who saw the photo and wanted to know Henderson’s whereabouts and Brown told him at “the homie house, which was the apartment.” Brown told police “Jay” wanted to steal the gun due to a prior “beef” with Henderson.
Guaydacan and Dockery are accused of waiting outside of the apartment, hiding under the stairs, and ambushing Henderson when he left the apartment with Brown. Henderson was shot twice and later died at the hospital, the report said.
Surveillance video showed Brown leaving the crime scene in a vehicle with Guaydacan and Dockery. When questioned later by police, he couldn’t explain why he changed his Instagram social media accounts following the shooting and why he didn’t call police after Henderson was shot, the arrest report said.
Brown, Guaydacan, and Dockery all face charges of open murder with the use of a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery with the use of a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Brown is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 9.
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