Man beaten with dog bone at Las Vegas pet store in mask dispute

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Juan Hamilton, 22, was arrested on a warrant and charged with attempted murder, battery, abuse of an older person resulting in substantial bodily harm and burglary of a business, according to court records.

Hamilton is accused of beating a man over the head with a bone on Nov. 8 inside the PetSmart at 5195 S. Eastern Ave., according to an arrest report from the Metropolitan Police Department released Thursday.

Witnesses told police that Hamilton was in line behind another man when the two began discussing mask policies inside the store. Hamilton left the store, returned and beat the other man over the head with a bone, police said.

The man suffered a skull fracture and a severed artery, police reported.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/man-beaten-with-dog-bone-at-las-vegas-pet-store-in-mask-dispute-2483308/

[MineralMan]

1. Probably a cow femur. Big-ass bone!

I've seen them for sale in pet stores. They'd make a fearsome club that could do serious damage.

[Tomconroy]

2. I read the story but I still don't know who was wearing the mask.

[Leith]

3. Leave it to the LVRJ to get the address wrong

I was trying to figure out which of those houses-turned-sometimes-into-businesses was the PetSmart. And they have the schutzpa to charge for access to their website.

The store is on the 5900 block of South Eastern in the same area as the Walmart with the airport so close that people have to pause conversations when airplanes get ready to take off.

Still, that was a horrific thing for that thug to do. I hope he gets convicted for his crime.