Las Vegas lawyers Joseph Houston II and Dennis Prince should never have been part of the child custody case that may have contributed to Monday’s tragic shooting, one of Houston’s acquaintances said.
Attorney Joseph Houston had learned that the prostate cancer that spread to his bones had returned just days before he shot and killed a prominent lawyer and his wife, before turning the gun on himself at a Summerlin law office, a close colleague said Wednesday.
Ethics rules allow lawyers to represent relatives, but many say it’s a bad idea in bitter custody battles like the one that left three people dead on Monday.
Attorney Joseph Houston had learned that the cancer that spread to his bones had returned before he fatally shot Dennis Prince and his wife before turning the gun on himself.