LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to a murder charge after police said he drove around for nearly two hours with his girlfriend shot in the head.
Julio Machado Vasquez pleaded guilty Nov. 10 to first-degree murder and failing to stop on a police officer’s signal, resulting in bodily harm or death, according to court records.
According to Vasquez’s arrest report, police say officers chased him before he crashed at Palm Street and Charleston.
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The shooting happened on Jan. 19, 2025. According to an arrest report, Vasquez told a friend he had accidentally shot his girlfriend and refused to take her to a hospital.
Police said officers later spotted Vasquez’s car and attempted to stop him. He led them on a chase before crashing. Two people in the other vehicle were injured, and Vasquez’s girlfriend died at the scene.
Vasquez is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 7, 2027, at 9 a.m.
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