LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — FOX5 obtained the 911 emergency dispatch calls, which are shedding light on the chaotic chain of events surrounding a deadly police shooting outside an east Las Vegas Walmart.
The audio captures the initial reports of violence, the sounds of gunfire, and the emotional aftermath of the July 21 shooting near Boulder Highway and Nellis Boulevard.
The incident began around 6 a.m. when a Walmart security guard called 911 to report a physical fight outside the entrance.
“I need police to the Walmart on Nellis and Boulder,” the security guard told dispatchers. “We have a big fight going on. I need you guys here now.” The guard noted that four individuals were involved and throwing rocks.
According to court records, the altercation started as a domestic dispute between Kwame Swain, 28, and his girlfriend.
Two women, Raqiya Smith and Amena Blue, became involved in the physical dispute with Swain. During the fight, Blue allegedly hit Swain with a rock, and Smith called her husband, 35-year-old Travis Ward, to bring a gun to the scene.
Upon arriving, Ward entered the Walmart and shot Swain in the stomach. As Ward attempted to flee the store with his weapon, he refused commands from responding Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer Cristobal Magana to drop his gun. Magana fired six rounds, fatally striking Ward.
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Immediately after the shooting, 911 dispatchers recorded frantic pleas from Smith as she tried to reach her husband.
“Officer, please! Can I go by my husband?” Smith could be heard screaming. “He’s bleeding out! Officer, please!”
Minutes later, Smith called dispatchers back in an attempt to get updates on Ward’s condition.
“I don’t know what’s going on with my husband. He was just shot by the police at Walmart,” Smith told the dispatcher, crying. “I need to know if he’s alive.”
The release also included a call from the mother of Swain, who was hospitalized with injuries following the shooting. Calling from Jacksonville, Florida, she expressed frustration over receiving a “runaround” from local agencies while trying to find out if her son survived.
“My son was shot this morning in the Walmart,” she told dispatchers. “Is he okay?”
Smith and Blue were arrested following the incident and face charges of battery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy, and disregard for public safety.
Swain was arrested in absentia at the hospital on domestic battery and attempted coercion charges stemming from the initial dispute.
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