October 29, 2026 - 7:55 pm

A Metropolitan Police Department detective said Wednesday that the coroner did not attribute whose gunfire killed a 3-year-old boy during the Feb. 3 officer-involved fatal shooting of his father, Quinton Baker.

The detective testified during a fact-finding review about the shooting at a south Las Vegas apartment complex. Police previously said Baker killed his son.

Detective Brian Walter from Metro’s Force Investigation Team said during the hearing that police had responded to the 8400 block of South Maryland Parkway, near East Wigwam Avenue, after Baker’s girlfriend, Raneka Pate, had called 911 to report that Baker, 28, had assaulted her and a friend and was trying to take her son, Kentre. Baker also reportedly shot at a vehicle’s tire, police said.

After Metro officers arrived, Walter said they spotted Baker walking toward them while holding his son in his arms and pointing a gun at his son’s chest before two officers fired a combined five rounds.…