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JUN 17, 2021
Chilling video shows moment accused child killer grabs Las Vegas detective's gun | KATV
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It's shocking -- one minute 27-year-old Terrell Rhodes is handcuffed to a table in an interrogation room, and the next, he has a detective's gun in his hands.
Police say during the struggle the suspect said "kill me" and that he wanted to die.
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As Rhodes struggles with his handcuffs, detectives rush in and attempt to calm him down.
That's when things took a dangerous turn, and it was all caught on camera.
As detectives fought to make sure Rhodes wasn't able to get a good grip on the gun, he grabbed from one of their holsters. They were able to get the gun out of his hands without anyone getting hurt.
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Not a capital case. SMH.JUN 29, 2021
Coroner determines 2-year-old Amari Nicholson's cause of death (ktnv.com)
According to the office, Nicholson died "due to homicide by unspecified means."
Coroner rules Amari Nicholson’s death homicide by ‘unspecified means’ | KLAS (8newsnow.com)
According to the National Library of Medicine, this is “used to categorize deaths occurring under suspicious or criminal circumstances, but a specific cause of death cannot be identified.”
JUN 30, 2021
Prosecutors not seeking death penalty against man accused of killing Amari Nicholson | News | fox5vegas.com
Chief Deputy District Attorney Pamela Weckerly said that it is "not a capital case."
Prosecutors won't seek death penalty for man charged in Amari Nicholson murder | KSNV (news3lv.com)
Terrell Rhodes appeared via videoconference for a court hearing Wednesday, where prosecutors informed the judge they would not pursue a capital case.
Something about the interview TN,and TR did together didn't right with me. When asked about the hotel TN "What Hotel?".MAY 5, 2022
[...]One year anniversary of Amari Nicholson’s disappearance, turned homicide gains Las Vegas community’s attention
Today marks one year since the investigation of a missing two- year-old Las Vegas boy took hold of the Las Vegas valley.www.fox5vegas.com
From the outside, Las Vegas resident Jessica Bower heard about the missing two-year-old and immediately created a local Facebook page dedicated to his disappearance.
“We wanted to believe what the situation appeared to be maybe it was a custody dispute we see it all the time parental kidnappings all the time. But then it didn’t add up and there were red flags and the story started changing and I think everyone was coming together cause we knew something happened and somebody did something,” Bower said.
Her Facebook page garnered thousands of followers.
“I think that Amari was Vegas’s baby he was somebody everybody could relate to in a way whether you have a two-year-old of your own, a grandson, a nephew,” Bower said.
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“Amari should be three right now he should be getting ready for preschool he should be enjoying his coco- melon and pizza and his oranges. We shouldn’t have to be out here but we are,” Bower said.
Thank you for the update @PommyMommyAUG 4, 2022
In a hearing Tuesday, District Judge Jacqueline Bluth set Rhodes’ next trial setting hearing for Jan. 4, 2023, with a tentative trial date of April 10, 2023.Trial for man accused of killing 2-year-old Amari Nicholson set for 2023
The man accused of killing a 2-year-old boy will tentatively face a jury in 2023.www.fox5vegas.com
Prosecutors have previously said they will not pursue the death penalty against Rhodes in his murder trial.
AUG 5, 2022
[...]Trial date set for Las Vegas man accused of murdering 2-year-old
A judge has set a trial date for the man accused of killing 2-year-old Amari Nicholson, his girlfriend’s son.www.8newsnow.com
... The date could be moved again following a January 2023 hearing.
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Rhodes faces a first-degree murder charge related to the boy’s death, in addition to two counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon, and four counts of resisting a police officer with the use of a firearm after he took a gun from two Metro detectives and tried to kill them while being interviewed about the boy’s death.
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