(CNN) Las Vegas police arrested a suspect they said goaded a homeless man into doing a backflip that led to a fatal injury. Keonte Jones, 28, was arrested this week. The incident happened on June 20 after Larry Coner, 55, approached the suspect asking for money. Jones told him he'd pay him $6 to perform a backflip and on Coner's third attempt, he landed on his neck and was left to die while bystanders watched and laughed, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement. Jones was arrested for felony willful disregard of a person's safety on July 14.

Source: CNN July 17, 2020 08:15 UTC