30대 한인 남성이 70대 아버지를 총격 살해하는 충격적인 사건이 뒤늦게 알려졌다.

라스베가스 메트로폴리탄 경찰국과 지역매체 ‘8newsnow’ 등에 따르면, 지난 5일 라스베가스에서 35세 티모시 사랑 라 (Timothy Sahrang La, 35)씨가 아버지 73세 라은진((Eun Jin La)씨를 살해한 혐의로 체포됐다.

경찰에 따르면, 용의자 라사랑씨는 체포된 후 “외계인이 아버지를 죽이라고 했다”고 경찰에 진술한 것으로 밝혀졌다.

사건은 이날 오후 6시 18분경 카프록 캐년 애비뉴 5300블록에 위치한 한 주택에서 발생했다. 경찰은 숨진 라은진씨의 부인으로 추정되는 여성의 신고를 받고 출동해 숨진 라은진씨를 발견했다.

현장에 도착한 경찰은 라씨의 죽음을 자연사로 추정하기도 했으나 현장 조사 결과 사망자가 총상을 입은 정황이 포착되면서 살인 사건으로 전화해 수사를 벌여 사건 당시 숨진 라씨와 단둘이 있었던 것으로 파악된 아들 라사랑씨를 살인 혐의로 체포했다.

이후 현장에 있던 경찰이 용의자를 체포했으며, 그는 치명적 무기를 이용한 살인(Open Murder with a Deadly Weapon) 혐의로 클라크 카운티 구치소에 수감됐다



A man accused of killing his father told police that “aliens had told him to kill his father and that he felt like he was on a different planet,” according to the arrest report.

Timothy Sahrang La, 35, is facing a charge of murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He was taken into custody on the day of the killing, Feb. 5, in a southwest valley neighborhood.

Las Vegas Metropolitan police dispatched officers to the home near Blue Diamond Road and Decatur Boulevard after a “hysterical” woman, later identified as La’s mother, called police to report her 73-year-old husband, Eun Jin La, was unconscious and not breathing, the report said.

Eun Jin La, who was discovered in the master bedroom, suffered a gunshot wound to the back right side of his head, according to the Clark County Coroner’s office.

Police documents stated La’s mother told police their son lived with them but she had not seen him since the morning when she left for work. She described her son as having a medical condition which was redacted in the report.

Police found La walking in the neighborhood and took him into custody. During an interview with police about the shooting, he told them he believed “he was saving someone a ‘worker’ from being tortured” and “this ‘worker’ was wearing the skin of his father’s face,” according to the documents.



La told police that he walked around the neighborhood after the shooting. Police found the 9mm gun and a 9mm casing at the home.

La had an initial appearance in Las Vegas Justice Court Tuesday morning. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on February 25.