Man who killed five people in North Las Vegas mass shooting recently completed a domestic violence course

Eric Adams, 47, shot his six victims in two apartments at the Craig Ranch Villas just after 10 p.m. on Casa Norte Drive near Craig Ranch Park and Commerce Street, police said. On Tuesday, Adams committed suicide as police approached him. (NLVPD/KLAS)

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KLAS) – The man who shot five people and injured a teenager in a shooting spree Monday night completed domestic violence counseling earlier this month, investigators learned from 8 News Now.

Eric Adams, 47, shot his six victims in two apartments at the Craig Ranch Villas just after 10 p.m. on Casa Norte Drive near Craig Ranch Park and Commerce Street, police said. On Tuesday, Adams committed suicide as police approached him.

According to court records, Adams has been convicted of domestic violence in the past, including a 2023 case in which a judge sentenced him to a year of school attendance, a fine and community service. As of Wednesday, the day after his death, Adams owed $301 in that case.

In February, North Las Vegas police issued a warrant for Adams’ arrest on charges of domestic violence, including domestic violence by strangulation, records show. The case was later dismissed before a preliminary hearing in April.

In 2007, Las Vegas Metro Police arrested Adams for robbing and beating a woman, records show. Adams demanded the woman’s coat and stole cash from her. A judge later sentenced Adams to 16 to 48 months in prison.

As a convicted felon, Adams was prohibited from owning a firearm.

On Monday evening, police discovered two women, one in her 40s and one in her 50s, dead from apparent gunshot wounds in a second-floor apartment. A third victim, a 13-year-old girl, was also found in the apartment and taken to the hospital. Police said she was in critical condition.

During the investigation, police discovered three more victims in a separate building directly below the first apartment where the three women were found. Police said they were two women in their mid-20s and a man in his early 20s who died of apparent gunshot wounds.

On Tuesday morning, police said Adams was believed to be armed and “extremely dangerous.” They advised anyone who saw him not to approach him. Metro police said they received information that Adams was at a business in the 1500 block of Lake Mead Boulevard.

North Las Vegas police said when officers arrived to the area, they found Adams armed with a firearm before he jumped into the backyard of a residence on Dwayne Stedman Avenue near MLK Boulevard and Balzar Avenue. Officers verbally ordered Adams to drop his weapon, but he ignored commands and committed suicide, police said.

The Clark County Coroner’s Office will release the names of those killed in the apartment complex.

Anyone with information about the murders is asked to contact North Las Vegas police at 702-633-9111. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-385-5555 or at crimestoppersofnv.com.