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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Videos the 8 News Now Investigators obtained show an alleged hit man committing four murders as part of what detectives said was retaliation in a federal loan fraud scheme involving tens of millions of dollars.

Officers arrested Michael Coleman, 41, in May 2023 for the murder of Kidada Stewart, 48. In September, Las Vegas Metro police announced they connected Coleman to three more murders from 2021 and 2022. Earlier this month, a Clark County grand jury indicted Coleman for the additional murders.

On Monday, Feb 27, 2023, officers responded to a 911 from a person who said they heard several gunshots near Fort Apache Road and Mountains Edge Way in the southwest valley, 8 News Now reported at the time.

Officers later found Stewart deceased outside of a home. Police tracked Coleman to Stewart’s murder from a traffic stop in Arizona 12 hours after the shooting. Officers arrested him in May 2023 after a standoff.

Throughout the investigation, police learned of a man named Carl Chester who allegedly defrauded the government of several Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, LVMPD Lt. Jason Johannson said. Chester and his associates would disperse the money and Chester would take a cut of the money for his work and help to get them the loan.

When Chester did not receive his cut of the money, he would threaten or use violence against the individuals to get his money, Johannson said. Chester would hire Coleman to kill those who shorted Chester of his money and if Coleman could not get to the targeted person, he would go after family members.

In May 2021, police suspect Coleman killed Benjamin McCarty, 49, while McCarty was working on his car in a parking lot in the 3900 block of Charleston Boulevard. Police said Coleman parked near McCarty and approached him before shooting and killing him.

Evidence the 8 News Now Investigators obtained showed video of a man police believe is Coleman running from the murder scene. Detectives also obtained photos from Coleman’s email, which they said showed him sending McCarty’s picture to Chester before the murder.

Coleman’s second murder charge involves the death of Marcus Larry, 39. Larry was shot multiple times inside the Teriyaki Madness on Charleston Boulevard near Town Center Drive. Police initially identified and arrested Oscar Richardson, Jr., Larry’s cousin, as the suspect, but he was later released once police obtained evidence that he was innocent.

Video from inside the restaurant shows Larry and a minor ordering food when a man barges in and shoots Larry and a cashier. The cashier survived and told the grand jury she spent five weeks in the hospital.

After the murder, police believe Coleman ditched the car he was driving at the nearby Red Rock Resort. DNA on the van’s handles later matched Coleman, police said.

In the third murder, Coleman is accused of shooting and killing William Hill Jr., 54, outside his home near Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lake Mead boulevards.

Police said the same red Hyundai that was used in Stewart’s case dropped Coleman off and Coleman shot Hill before being picked up by the Hyundai. The getaway driver was identified as Demarcus Banks who is now deceased.

Videos show the car parking near Hill’s house and then a man, who police believe is Coleman, walking toward the house.

Police said Hill’s murder was due to Hill’s son who is currently in prison on PPP loan fraud. Police said since Chester could not get to Hill’s son, they went after his father.

Chester, who organized the murders of Stewart, Larry and Hill, was murdered in May 2024 by members of Hill’s family in retaliation, police said. Metro police recently made more arrests connected to Chester’s murder.

Coleman remained in custody without bail as of Monday. A trial in the Stewart murder was scheduled to begin next month. Coleman was also scheduled to be arraigned in the combined criminal case for the three other murder charges next month.

https://www.8newsnow.com/

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