September 3, 2026 - 9:57 am

A man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and her two children briefly appeared in court Thursday and is being held without bail.

Juan Carlos Orona, 29, was driven to a Metropolitan Police Department substation by his brother and father Tuesday evening, according to an arrest report. Orona had a superficial gunshot wound to his stomach and had confessed in a 911 call that he had killed Nohani Flores-Osuna and her children Maiya and Noah, the report stated.

Orona told detectives that he spotted Flores-Osuna’s vehicle alongside the vehicle of her ex-boyfriend near Charleston and Lamb boulevards at some point Tuesday, the report stated. Later in the day, Orona said, he drove to her apartment, and she told him the other man “was better in bed” than him, according to the report.

“After hearing this, Juan stated he blacked out, and when he came to, he was holding his Glock 9 mm handgun in the bathroom and Nohani and her children’s bodies were on the ground,” the report stated.

Police found three bodies — of the woman in her 40s, a teenage girl and boy under 10 — and 10 9 mm cases when they searched Flores-Osuna’s apartment in the 5100 block of O’Bannon Drive, near West Sahara Avenue and South Decatur Boulevard.

In court Thursday, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Suzan Baucum said Orona, who kept his head and eyes downcast during an initial appearance hearing, would be held without bail.

The judge also said she found that there was probable cause for his arrest.

Public defender Marissa Pensabene did not make a bail argument but asked for the bail hearing to be delayed.

Orona faces three counts of open murder and additional counts of discharging a gun into an occupied structure or vehicle.

Orona’s father told detectives that his son had confessed to hurting his girlfriend and had lost control after confronting her. Orona’s father added that he told his son he needed to turn himself in and be held accountable for his actions, the arrest report stated.

A group of tearful people sat in the back of Baucum’s courtroom, watching the hearing. A man in the group said he was from the victims’ family but declined to comment.

“Unfortunately, domestic violence is always one of our top causal factors of homicide,” Metro Lt. Robert Price said. “It’s something we encourage anybody that’s having these types of issues to please reach out for assistance.”

Contact Noble Brigham at nbrigham@reviewjournal.com.