Jose Rodiguez-Quezada

An ex-felon has been arrested in connection with the Oct. 3 murder at the Hard Rock Lake Tahoe in Stateline.

Jose DeJesus Rodiguez-Quezada was contacted by UNR police officers on Nov. 22 when they found him sleeping on a sidewalk near the UNR Agricultural Ranch area on East McCarran Boulevard.

They determined Rodriguez-Quezada, a previously deported ex-felon, was in possession of a concealed weapon. He was arrested on charges of an ex-felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and obstructing a public officer, as on an outstanding warrant from Washington. A hold from Immigration and Customs Enforcement was placed on him.

He is a person of interest in the murder of Kevin LeRoy Edwards. Rodriguez-Quezada has not been charged with anything related to that crime.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report