Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 | 8:28 p.m.
Ishmil Swafford
A suspect has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend at their home near Spring Valley, where her 6-year-old son heard the gunshot and found her “face covered in blood” before walking to a neighbor’s house to report it, according to a Metro Police report.
Ishmil Swafford, 43, was taken into custody Friday in the slaying of his girlfriend, Yetundi Yvonne Negrita Maples.
Officers responded about 1:20 a.m. Thursday to a report of a woman shot in the 5800 block of Spectacular Bid Street. They located Maples suffering from a gunshot wound, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Maples and Swafford lived together at the residence, according to his arrest report. Maples’ son told police he was in an upstairs bedroom when he heard the pair in conversation downstairs.
He then heard a gunshot and went downstairs to find his mother with blood on her head. The boy told police that Swafford shot Maples because “she got angry,” according to the report.
The boy told Swafford “you hurt my mom,” to which Swafford allegedly replied, “your mom will be fine,” before getting on his motorcycle and fleeing the scene, according to the report.
Maples’ son went to a neighbor’s house to report that his mother had been shot, and another neighbor was notified and called police.
Investigators determined that Maples’ family and friends had urged her to break up with Swafford because he had been known to physically abuse her, the report said.
Swafford was booked into the Clark County Detention Center for open murder with a deadly weapon, police said.
