Las Vegas woman charged with murder for fatally shooting her boyfriend as he took pictures of her with a firearm.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported that Allysandra Blaa, 20 years old, was arrested by police on 26 August and is facing a charge for open murder using a deadly weapons in connection with the shooting of August 23.
The police were called just before five o’clock that morning. They found Mark Gaughan dead at the scene.
According to a Las Vegas Review-Journal arrest report, Blea initially claimed that the shooting had been accidental. However, detectives quickly found posts on social media in which Blea expressed her wish she could shoot people “with real guns” and still get away.
Detectives stated in their report that “Allysandra’s account identified revealed that she was fascinated with firearms.” In several conversations, it was revealed that she loved shooting guns, owned guns, built her arsenal and shot people in the faces.
Investigators found several photos of Blea with a number of guns. She held them at times against the head of her own or stuffed animal. According to reports, she also wrote about killing prostitutes and homeless people living in tunnels below ground. She has “bullseye targets” tattooed across her chest.
The police report states that Blea, Maverick craft, Gavin Fitzpatrick and Blea’s boyfriend Gaughan had all been drinking around midnight of August 23, according to the police. Fitzpatrick said that as a precaution, he unloaded Gaughan’s gun by “removing magazine, clearing chamber and locking back the slide” according to the police report. He claimed to have placed the gun and magazine on a desk before falling asleep.
Blea, Crafts and Gaughan, after he had fallen asleep, took his gun to the outside for photos.
The report stated that “Maverick remembered Allysandra seated on her lap, with the gun as Mark snapped a picture with the flash firing.” Maverick saw another flash and Allysandra pointing the gun at Mark. She said that Allysandra did not pull the trigger but she heard the shot.
Fitzpatrick claimed he was woken up by Crafts’ and Blea’s screaming, and ran out.
Crafts told the police Fitzpatrick removed the magazine from the gun for “safety reasons”, police added. Gaughan, meanwhile, “must’ve” put the weapon back together when Blea and she went to the bedroom in order to switch clothes.
Fitzpatrick, Crafts and Fitzpatrick all agreed that Blea and Gaughan appeared to be happy together. They had not heard of any disputes.
KLAS reported that according to the police report Blea had told the investigators she “had never taken any firearm safety classes and thought the firearem did not have a cartridge in it.”
The report stated that “She insisted she didn’t kill Mark on purpose.”
A post on Instagram from talent agency TNG stated that Gaughan worked as a “Santiago” model.
Blea was ordered to be held in jail without bail, and is due back before the court on Tuesday October 2nd.
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[Featured image: Allysandra Blea/KSNV]
