A Las Vegas man allegedly shot his ex-wife and killed her new girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage last week after his ex told him she was done with him.
Adrian Rodriguez-Guillen, 41, had told the couple months earlier that he would “kill them and send them to hell.” according to 8 News Now.
He made good on that brazen promise on Jan. 3, when the jilted lover blocked the girlfriend, 40-year-old Adriana Herrera, as she went to pick up Rodriguez-Guillen’s unidentified ex around 4:45 p.m. that day — and allegedly shot her dead.
Rodriguez-Guillen had hidden his own car behind a neighbor’s truck so the women couldn’t see them, the outlet reported.
When Herrera arrived, he sped in front of her Hyundai so they couldn’t leave – but Herrera backed up and took off.
Rodriguez-Guillen followed the pair, interrupted Herrera when she stopped in traffic and got out of his car with a gun in hand, the outlet reported.
Herrera opened her door to confront Rodriguez-Guillen, at which point he allegedly walked up, fired three shots, seriously wounding her.
Rodriguez-Guillen’s wife grabbed her lover and held her tight, but Rodriguez-Guillen told her to move and shoot Herrera in the face, the outlet reported.
Then he pulled out a gun and pretended he was going to shoot himself — until he saw that one of the bullets had passed through Herrera and hit his ex in the hip.
He began apologizing, then called police and told them he had shot someone around Sacks and Blanton Drives in Las Vegas’ East Valley.
Police arrested Rodriguez-Guillen and pronounced Herrera – who had been shot in the body and head – dead at the scene, the newspaper said.
Paramedics took Rodriguez-Guillen’s ex to the hospital, where she told authorities that she and Rodriguez-Guillen had been in a 24-year relationship before their divorce.
They married in 2001 and divorced twelve years later. But the couple – who had seven children together – continued to live together and have a romantic relationship.
But about 18 months ago, she met Herrera and the two began their own on-again, off-again relationship. The three reportedly worked together at Harry Reid International Airport.
About two months ago, Rodriguez-Guillen’s wife said she permanently ended her relationship with her ex-husband because she no longer loved him — and started dating Herrera again, according to the outlet.
But Rodriguez-Guillen, who was described by his ex as ‘very jealous and controlling’, could not cope well with the break-up and told the couple he would ‘kill them and send them to hell’.
He became enraged last Friday when his ex told him she was planning to hang out with Herrera, and he was allegedly trapped when Herrera came to pick her up.
The victim reportedly told police she did not think Rodriguez-Guillen intended to shoot her during the ambush.
Rodriguez-Guillen was booked into the Clark County Detention Center and a judge denied bail Tuesday. according to 3 News.
He is charged with open murder with the use of a deadly weapon, attempted murder, kidnapping, burglary and other offenses, the newspaper said.
His next court date is February 19.
