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Nevada murder suspect nabbed after slipping cuffs, fleeing police station

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — An escaped murder suspect, accused of killing a man for not holding a door open for a woman at a McDonald’s, has been apprehended after a four-day manhunt, reports CBS affiliate KLAS.

Alonso Perez, 25, was taken into custody by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police after a standoff at a house Tuesday night. Neighbors told KLAS that police and the FBI surrounded the home for about three hours before taking the suspect into custody.

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Alonso Perez CBS affiliate KLAS

Perez had been at large since Sept. 2 when he escaped from an interrogation room at the North Las Vegas Police Department. Police say he was able to break out of his handcuffs while a detective was out of the room.

North Las Vegas Police say Perez stole a work truck that was later recovered east of downtown Las Vegas.

He is suspected in the deadly shooting of 31-year-old Mohammad Robinson outside a McDonald’s restaurant on August 27.

Witnesses told police that Perez and Robinson got into an argument after Robinson didn’t hold the door open for a woman.

According to the Clark County Detention Center’s booking files, Perez faces several charges, including: domestic battery, discharging a gun at or into an occupied structure, vehicle, or craft and assault with a deadly weapon. Additional charges are possible.

He is being held without bail.

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