Slaying suspect ID’d by his braces

Victim’s friend identifies man’s blue-green grille

Las Vegas police identified a murder suspect in part due to his “blue/ greenish” colored braces, an arrest report said.

On Aug. 25, Jermele Rayvone Watkins, 28, and another man left an apartment at 517 N. 28th St. to get food. When they stepped outside, they were met by a group of men who forced them at gunpoint back into the apartment, according to the report.

One person pistol-whipped the other man and another pointed a handgun at Watkins, who “attempted to disarm” his assailant but was shot once in the chest, the report states. The group took property from Watkins and the other man before fleeing.

A person in the area took Watkins and the second person to North Vista Hospital, the report states. From there, Watkins was taken to University Medical Center, where he died.

The man who was with Watkins during the robbery told police that one of the men involved was very thin and had “blue/greenish” braces, the report states. A day later, the man spotted the robber at another apartment complex and called police.

Officers arriving at the complex met with Phillip McGreggor, 22, and noticed that he matched the description, including his bluegreen braces, according to his arrest report. The man who was with Watkins during the robbery identified McGreggor as the man who pistol-whipped him and took his cellphone.

McGreggor was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Aug. 26, but was later released on bail, court records show. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 27.

Phillip McGreggor