A man suspected in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend Monday night in the central Las Vegas Valley is in custody, police said.

Richard Watson, 41, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon, according to a Metropolitan Police Department release.

Police received reports of gunfire around 8:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 4200 block of Arville Street, near West Flamingo Road. A woman was found suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the parking lot, and later declared dead.

Detectives said that Watson had shot his girlfriend and fled the scene prior to police arriving. He was found and taken into custody.

The identification of the victim, as well as the cause and manner of death, will be released by the Clark County corone

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