Rashawn Gaston-Anderson
Monday, Dec. 27, 2021 | 7:05 p.m.
Metro Police has arrested a man suspected of shooting a restaurant worker in Chinatown last week.
Rashawn Gaston-Anderson, 23, was taken into custody Monday without incident near East Desert Inn Road and South Maryland Parkway.
A citizen who recognized Gaston-Anderson alerted police to his whereabouts.
Gaston-Anderson is believed to have entered through the back door of the ShangHai Eats restaurant in the 4200 block of Spring Mountain Road just before 3 a.m. Dec. 20, police said. He fired multiple rounds at an employee.
The victim, whom police have not identified, was transported to University Medical Center and was in stable condition as of Thursday, police said.
Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to call investigators at 702-828-2639; or contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555, or go online at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
In his decision, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure cited pending criminal cases against Rashawn Gaston-Anderson, 23, when police say he shot waiter Chengyan Wang at ShangHai Taste, 4266 W. Spring Mountain Road, on Dec. 20 during an apparent botched robbery.
In court, Bonaventure said Gaston-Anderson was arrested in early November on charges of pandering and carrying a concealed weapon.
“I did see fit to have an order he be released with conditions, including an order to remain out of the resort corridor,” he said.
Within 48 hours, Bonaventure said Gaston-Anderson was arrested again on burglary and grand larceny charges. Bonaventure said he initially ordered Gaston-Anderson detained in that case, but that a $3,000 cash bail was set at a later date in a different courtroom.
“He then posted a cash bail amount and was out of custody on those two cases,” Bonaventure said. “He has now picked up a third felony case. … He is ordered detained without bail.”
Court records indicate Gaston-Anderson, described by police as a transient, previously pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny in 2018 and was sentenced to 18 months of probation.
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