A Las Vegas mother claimed police officers are responsible for her three-year-old son’s death after he was killed while being held hostage by his father. 

Raneka Pate, 28, called 911 on Quinton Baker after a ‘domestic dispute’ on Tuesday escalated into a hostage situation involving their son Kentre Baker.

‘I don’t call the police unless I feel like my life is threatened, and I felt like my life was threatened,’ Pate told 8 News Now. ‘Not only was my life threatened, but my son’s life was threatened.’

She called the police to Parkside Villa Apartment Homes and encouraged them to avoid lethal force, describing Baker as ‘very agitated,’ reported Local 12. 

Around 1am, Baker fired shots in the parking lot then went inside, according to a statement from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Police said he emerged with three-year-old Kentre Baker in his arms and a gun pointed at the boy’s head. Pate said Baker left the gun indoors.

Baker reportedly ignored officers’ commands to stand down peacefully. 

As he approached them, the police opened fire. The father and son were both killed. 

Raneka Pate (center) called police after Quinton Baker (right) reportedly held their son Kentre Baker (left) hostage

Pate said Kentre was shot by police, but Las Vegas police have said Baker pulled the trigger on his own son

Kentre died after police arrived to help de-escalate a dispute between his parents

Police alleged Baker pulled the trigger on the boy. Pate claimed both were killed by the officers’ gunshots.

‘I watched their last moments,’ Pate told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. ‘And my whole family was taken from me in an instant.’ 

Baker died at the scene. Kentre was taken to the University Medical Center, where he was declared dead. 

Pate was held in a police car during the entire ordeal. 

She claimed she was prevented from being with her son and believed Kentre died in the parking lot before paramedics could reach him.

Pate expressed her frustration at how the police department handled the shooting. 

‘They are trying to play damage control,’ she told the Review-Journal. ‘But they will pay for killing my son.’

Pate has asked for body camera footage of Kentre’s death

Kentre and Baker were both declared dead shortly after the shooting took place

Pate has asked police for body-camera footage, she told KSNV.

‘I know what I saw,’ she said. 

The officers involved in the shooting were identified Thursday as Jonathon Lo and Damon O’Donnell, according to the LVMPD. 

Officer Lo, 39, has been with the police force since 2019. Officer O’Donnell, 26, joined in 2024. 

Both were placed on paid administrative leave as the LVMPD investigates the incident. 

The Daily Mail contacted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Pate for comment.