'He was betrayed': Father of 5 executed by longtime friend with 9 mm Luger for allegedly having affair with his girlfriend after they took him in, cops say

A Nevada antheral executed his longtime pal and "roommate" with a 9 mm Luger aft accusing the unfortunate — a father of 5 with different kid connected the mode — of having an matter with his girlfriend, according to cops. The unfortunate had asked to enactment with the antheral portion helium was waiting to determination into his ain place, his household says.

"He went determination to idiosyncratic who helium trusted, and helium was betrayed," Faith Watson, girl of unfortunate Antwon Watson, told section NBC affiliate KSNV astir her begetter being allowed to enactment with his accused killer, Mychael Thompson.

"He knew my dada for a agelong time, and helium changeable him and near him dormant successful the parking lot," said different daughter, Hope Watson.

Thompson, 38, is accused of sidesplitting Antwon Watson connected Feb. 12 successful the parking batch of his Las Vegas flat complex, located successful the 4800 artifact of Spencer Street. A constabulary press release says the 2 men "got into an statement that led to Thompson yet shooting" Antwon Watson.

Authorities were called aft Thompson's girlfriend, who had her 3 children wrong the home, walked extracurricular and recovered Antwon Watson lying adjacent a dumpster, according to tribunal documents obtained by section CBS affiliate KLAS. Thompson allegedly fled the country earlier officers arrived but was tracked down done his conveyance and aboriginal captured.

Thompson's woman told constabulary helium returned location astir 7 a.m. aft a nighttime of drinking heavy and accused Antwon Watson of having an matter with her, according to the tribunal documents.

"Lay disconnected the alcohol," she recalled Watson telling Thompson, earlier the 2 of them allegedly went outside. The pistillate said she saw the men arguing chest-to-chest earlier they exited the residence.

"As [the girlfriend] walked retired of the maestro bedroom, she heard 1 gunshot and could odor weapon powder," the tribunal documents obtained by KLAS say. "She observed Mychael successful the bath and Antwon tally toward the beforehand doorway of the apartment. She went backmost to the chamber and closed the doorway with the children inside. When she came out, some men were gone and she went retired to find Watson laying connected the crushed and patrol cars arriving."

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Video footage obtained by constabulary from a neighbor's information camera allegedly shows Thompson accusing his woman and Antwon Watson of having an affair. The longtime person moved successful with them a period earlier the shooting, cops and household say.

"I anticipation helium [will] beryllium successful jailhouse for the remainder of his beingness due to the fact that … we're each successful symptom close now," different 1 of Antwon Watson's daughters, Destiny Watson, told KSNV. "We're each sad, the full family."

After being taken into custody, Thompson allegedly changed his communicative respective times and claimed astatine 1 constituent helium wasn't astatine the apartment. Police said helium wasn't "taking the interrogation and concern seriously" and refused to "give detectives his attention," according to tribunal documents.

Thompson is facing a complaint of unfastened murder with a deadly weapon. He is being held without bail.