HENDERSON (FOX5) — The man arrested in connection with a homicide that left two people dead last week appeared in court on Tuesday.

Andre Thigpen, 22, appeared in a Henderson courtroom where a public defender was appointed. He will continue to be held without bail and waived a speedy preliminary hearing.

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The incident occurred around 7 a.m. on Friday, October 23, near Lake Mead and Warm Springs. According to police, a 32-year-old man and woman were located with gunshot wounds.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials later located Thigpen, who is said to be a family member of one of the victims, after being involved in a crash near Lake Mead Parkway near Lake Las Vegas Parkway.

A status check hearing was set for December 1.

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