LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Police in Las Vegas say a 28-year-old man faces an accessory to murder charge for helping an ex-convict and machete slaying suspect evade capture before a fatal shootout that left the gunman dead and a police officer wounded.
Police say Adam Burke Williamson went with 23-year-old Jason Baires on Tuesday to buy items including a chain saw, camp hatchets, trash bags and ice chest to try to dispose of the body of Baires' mother's slain boyfriend, Rodolfo Velasco-Bayardo.
Police say Las Vegas officers Greg Theobald and Thomas Faller and Henderson Detective David Rowlett were involved in that incident, which followed the slaying of a 50-year-old Velasco-Bayardo at a Stacey Avenue home.
Police have also said that Officer Theobald was shot and injured when he encountered Baires. Baires was killed in the incident. Theobald has been released from the hospital and is recovering.
The Clark County coroner reported Friday that Jason Baires died of head and chest wounds in the 2 a.m. Wednesday shootout that wounded a police officer.
Williamson was being held Friday at the Clark County jail pending an initial court appearance.
Police found Velasco-Bayardo's body at a home several hours before Baires ran from a car as police stopped it on Michael Way.
Police say Baires wounded an officer before he was shot by police and killed.
The Clark County coroner said Thursday that Velasco-Bayardo of Las Vegas died Tuesday of multiple stab wounds. His death was classified as a homicide.
Las Vegas police say Velasco-Bayardo was found dead in a Stacey Avenue home about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, a little more than eight hours before police encountered Baires during a chase in a nearby neighborhood.
Theobald, 47, has been with Las Vegas police since October 1999. Faller, 42, has been employed with metro since March 2000. Detective Rowlett, 51, is currently assigned to the Criminal Apprehension Team has been with Henderson police since 1996.
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