00:00We begin our newscast with an update from a fatal officer-involved shooting that happened at Walmart on Nellis and
00:06Boulder Highway this morning.
00:08Two suspects connected to the incident were in court. Our Mike Allen was there and has more.
00:15Yeah, two defendants in court today. Let's just start right off by going to the first one, Rekia Smith.
00:20So she showed up actually with blood all over the front of her shirt. Almost looked like she had been
00:25in some sort of altercation in jail.
00:28But she said in response to talk about the person who died at the scene of that Walmart on Tuesday,
00:36that person was my husband.
00:38The judge said Smith called her husband to come with a gun to help in a fight at that Walmart
00:43and that he fired shots.
00:46Now, Smith is going to be held without bail. She's due back in court July 28th.
00:51Now to Amia Blue, the other defendant here that appeared today.
00:55The DA's office says the fight was started by both Blue and Smith.
00:59The defense says the fight was actually not started by them.
01:02But you could hear as the defense was speaking on her behalf, Blue's breath quivering.
01:09Obviously a very emotional, tense moment for her.
01:12The judge told her, you threw a punch and picked up a rock from a planter and threw it at
01:18someone during this fight.
01:21Blue, the judge said, has three prior convictions and eight failures to appear.
01:26So the judge put a $25,000 bail on her with mid-level electronic monitoring if she does bail out.
01:34And also a stay-away order from that Walmart on Nellis and Boulder Highway.
01:38She's due back in court July 28th as well, just like Smith.
01:43Reporting from Justice Court, Mike Allen, Fox 5 News, local Las Vegas.
01:47We'll see you next time.
