The shooting victim who wandered in the desert until he came to Armorock may have been shot because of his life insurance policy, according to an employee who helped him. When employee Nick Clark arrived at work on May 17, he saw that the lights were on and there was someone there.
“This guy came out, and I thought how the heck did he get in here … For somebody who had been shot, he had a lot of adrenaline,” he said.
The victim spoke only Spanish, and Clark had fellow employee, Humberto Santana, come over to talk to the 30-year-old man.
Santana said the man looked worn out and had scratches on his arms. The man told Santana he was scared and had walked through the desert. Santana also said the man told him he had been robbed, shot and then chased. He was then picked up by two men who were taking him to a job that had been given to him by his friend. The job was supposed to start around 11 p.m.
After being shot, the man said he saw the light at Armorock and walked toward it, added Santana.
According to the Boulder City Police Department dispatch log, the victim was shot around 11 p.m. by the person who was on his life insurance policy. Clark and Santana said the victim told him that man was also the person who got him the job.
Clark said that it looked like the man had two gunshot wounds rather than the one that was reported.
Four men have been arrested in connection to this shooting.
Yoandy Fernandez-Morales, 34, and Jose Eugenio Hernandez, 49, were arrested on May 18. Both men are listed as inmates at Clark County Detention Center and charged with attempted murder, kidnapping of the first degree, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Hernandez is also charged with conspiracy kidnapping first degree.
On Saturday, Fernando Perez, 30, and Jose Villanueva, 25, were also arrested and charged with the same offenses as well as conspiracy murder. All four are scheduled to appear in court on June 13.
In a separate case, Perez was also charged on Saturday with driving without a license and lack of proof of insurance.
Armorock is a business that creates polymer concrete structures and is near Boulder City off of U.S. Highway 95.
Contact reporter Celia Shortt Goodyear at cgoodyear@bouldercityreview.com or at 702-586-9401. Follow her on Twitter @csgoodyear.