Sources: Father turns in suspect
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The suspect who threw a large rock through a car window seriously injuring a 95-year-old woman is in police custody, according to 8 News Now I-Team sources.
Las Vegas Metro police released surveillance video of the suspect last week in hopes that someone could identify him. According to the I-Team sources, the man’s father recognized him and turned him in.
Joshua Olson, 28, is facing charges of attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon and battery.
Olson is accused of throwing the rock at the two elderly women in the vehicle on April 15. The incident happened on Pecos Road near Sunset Road. The 95-year-old woman suffered serious facial injuries.
Sources also tell the I-Team, that Olson has been arrested six other times for throwing rocks and damaging businesses and vehicles.