A 74-year-old woman appeared in Clark County Superior Court on Monday on suspicion of shooting at her adult nephew early Wednesday at his Vancouver home.
Judge John Nichols held Maxine Fowlkes of Las Vegas, Nev., in the Clark County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail and appointed Vancouver attorney Ed Dunkerly to defend her. She is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 12 on charges of first-degree domestic violence assault and felony domestic violence harassment.
Fowlkes was intoxicated when she fired a single round in the direction of her nephew, Vance Lasueur, 57, but missed her target, according to Vancouver police.
No one was injured.
Vancouver police responded at about 2 a.m. to 2115 Carlson Road in the Meadow Homes neighborhood after receiving multiple 911 calls.
Callers reported that the aunt, who was intoxicated, had made verbal threats and fired at Lasueur.
Fowlkes reportedly was upset about problems between Lasueur and his girlfriend, Tattasha Beebe.
Fowlkes entered the couple’s bedroom and threatened to kill the couple, Beebe said, according to court documents. When Beebe called police, she said, she heard Lasueur tell her to run. She said she ran outside of the home and hid behind a bush while Lasueur ran across the street. Beebe then saw Fowlkes aim a firearm in Lasueur’s direction and shoot, court documents say.
When officers arrived, Fowlkes came outside unarmed and met them, police said. She was taken into custody without incident and booked into the jail.
Fowlkes said that she was staying with her nephew in Vancouver and planned to return to Nevada, according to court documents.
