By: Las Vegas Now Staff
On Wednesday, January 16, 911 dispatchers received a medical call about a 17-year-old bleeding from her head.
When medical personnel arrived, they discovered that the teen had been shot. She died at the scene.
Read the Clark County Homicide Report
Homicide detectives were called and they interviewed witnesses at the scene.
According to witnesses, 20-year-old Omar Rodriguez, an ex-boyfriend of the victim, was seen near the victim's apartment just prior to the shots being heard.
Rodriguez was located in the northeast area of Las Vegas and was taken into custody with out incident.
Omar Rodriguez was booked into the Clark County Detention Center for murder with use of a deadly weapon.
Rodriguez also had two outstanding arrest warrants for attempt murder with use of a deadly weapon and battery with use of a deadly weapon, from an incident that occurred in November 2007.
The November incident involved Rodriguez stabbing the victims new boyfriend.
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