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On November 3, 2020, a gunman forced his way into a neighbor's apartment at the Douglas at Stonelake Apartments in Henderson, Nevada, killing two people, wounding another, and taking a 12-year-old boy hostage. Police shot and killed the gunman during a standoff; the boy was also killed during the police gunfire.
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On the morning of November 3, 2020, around 11:00 a.m. PST, a gunman forcibly entered a neighbor's apartment at the Douglas at Stonelake Apartments in Henderson, Nevada, and shot three people with a handgun. Two of the victims were killed and a third was wounded. The gunman also took a 12-year-old boy hostage. Police arrived quickly after an emergency call reporting gunfire and searched the complex for the shooter.
While officers searched, the gunman called police dispatchers and spoke incoherently, referring to himself as "Bane" and demanding a helicopter. Police eventually located him in a Cadillac Escalade with the hostage. After attempts to de-escalate the situation, police allege the gunman put his weapon to the boy's head, prompting officers to open fire on the vehicle. Both the gunman and the boy were killed. Police have stated they believe the gunman was killed by police gunfire, and they allege the boy was shot by the gunman. The incident was recorded on officers' body cameras; footage reportedly shows a sergeant ordering an officer to fire, after which several officers fired into the rear of the vehicle where the gunman and hostage were located. Another officer at the scene was recorded telling colleagues to turn off their cameras.
The victims were identified as 38-year-old Diana Hawatmeh; her 12-year-old son, Joseph Hawatmeh, who was taken hostage and killed; and 33-year-old Veronica Muniz, the Hawatmeh family's housekeeper. A fourth victim, 16-year-old Yasmeen Hawatmeh, Diana's daughter, was critically injured after being shot multiple times, an injury that left her paraplegic.
The gunman was identified by police as 38-year-old Jason Neo Bourne, who lived in the apartment above the Hawatmeh family. He had legally changed his name from Christopher Curry to Jason Neo Bourne, a change possibly referencing the fictional character Jason Bourne and the character Neo from The Matrix. No motive for the attack has been established.
In 2022, the father of Joseph Hawatmeh filed a federal lawsuit against the Henderson Police Department, alleging that police gunfire, rather than the gunman, killed his son during the standoff. As of available reporting, the case remains associated with an ongoing civil legal dispute regarding the circumstances of the boy's death during the police response.
3 dated entries · 2020–2022
Gunman forcibly enters a neighbor's apartment at the Douglas at Stonelake Apartments in Henderson, Nevada, shooting three people and killing two; a 12-year-old boy is taken hostage.
Police locate the gunman and hostage in a Cadillac Escalade; after a standoff, officers open fire on the vehicle, killing the gunman and the hostage.
The father of victim Joseph Hawatmeh files a federal lawsuit against the Henderson Police Department alleging police gunfire killed his son.
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38-year-old resident of the Douglas at Stonelake Apartments, killed in the shooting.[3]
12-year-old son of Diana Hawatmeh, taken hostage and killed during the police standoff.[3]
33-year-old housekeeper for the Hawatmeh family, killed in the shooting.[3]
16-year-old daughter of Diana Hawatmeh, critically injured and left paraplegic after being shot multiple times.[3]
Gunman (legally changed name from Christopher Curry) who committed the shootings and was shot and killed by responding police officers; not a charged or convicted person as he did not survive.[3]
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