Suspect arrested for North Las Vegas murder after facial recognition match LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A suspect has been arrested in a North Las Vegas murder case after detectives got a facial recognition match, according to police and court records. Kenneth Rapier, 27, was booked into Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday, May 27, on suspicion of open murder, robbery and grand larceny of a motor vehicle. A North Las Vegas Police affidavit identifies Rapier as a suspect in the Feb. 1 shooting of Genaro Patterson Jr. near E. Centennial Parkway and 5th Street. The gunman then took a Chevrolet Corvette that had been rented and drove off. According to the affidavit, a witness to the shooting told officers that the victim was his cousin. When police asked him to identify the shooter, the witness only wrote down "Black male name 43." Detectives reviewed social media video and saw one video clip showing a man wearing a red hoodie looking at a Chevrolet Corvette. At the bottom of the clip was a tag that read "43" and "Kennape." Police took images from an Instagram account belonging to "Kennape" and ran it through a facial recognition program, which came back with a match to Rapier. Detectives compared the images and determined they were a match. Officers found the Corvette and obtained its GPS data. They tracked it to a steakhouse near the Las Vegas Strip hours before the shooting and reviewed its surveillance video. Police wrote that Rapier could be seen getting into the passenger seat of the car. Detectives then got a warrant for Rapier's cell phone data, which placed him at the steakhouse and the area of the shooting. Court records indicate Rapier is being held without bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 10.