I-Team Only on 8: Downtown Las Vegas home invasion caught on video

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A Las Vegas homeowner says he is seconds away from killing another man after his home was broken into. The alleged burglary was recorded on video.

The evening of March 22nd began peacefully for Stephen Castile.

“I’ve been watching the Golden Knights and I look at the clock, it’s ten to eight,” he recalls.

But then Castile heard a bang.

“I mean, it scared me,” he said.

While he was inside, his security camera kept track of what was going on outside.

“I mean, I jumped,” he says, “I thought a car drove into the house.”

And then it happened again.

“When I heard the second bang, I grabbed the gun,” said the homeowner. “… I noticed someone was kicking my front door.”

The third time there was a bang: “He kicked the door down.”

Castile says he then came face to face with the intruder.

“It just started with me like I wasn’t there,” he shared.

Castile went on to describe what happened next:

“I’m literally standing there with the gun two inches from his head, yelling at him to please go, begging him to go. And … he just stood there and stood there and looked at me and said to me ‘wait, wait’. I said to him, ‘I’ll count to three.’ When I said ‘one’ he just stood there. When I said ‘two’ I was shaking uncontrollably because I knew the next ‘three’, so I wanted to pull the trigger. ”

Then Castile says the man has left.

“I thought I had to kill the guy and it feels like a terrible thing,” he said. “I didn’t mean to kill him.”

Castile says the metro police reacted quickly.

According to the suspect’s arrest report, detectives linked him to a sober residential facility less than a mile from Castile’s home in downtown Las Vegas. A supervisor there said Tyler Melovidov had not shown for a few days. The day after the incident at Castile’s house, Melovidov was taken into custody on charges of burglary.

The day after his arrest, court documents indicate that he was released on bail.

“I would like to see an ankle cuff on him or be mentally assessed,” Castile said, “something I know will not come back.”

According to the Las Vegas Justice Court records, Pro-Tem Judge Justin Zarcone ordered Melovidov to be released on his own under close supervision. He has to stay out of anger and stay away from Castile’s home.

“I wish you were in this situation and see how you feel,” said Castile. “I want to see you fall asleep at night.”

He informs the I-Team that they gave Melovidov his address.

“Now the sun is going down, I’m literally nervous in my own home,” Castile said.

Detectives say when they asked why he broke into Castile’s house, Melovidov said the voices in his head told him he was a daredevil.

“What if the devil tells him to kill me?” Asked Castile.

The Clark District Prosecutor objected to Melovidov’s release. Prosecutors point to a previous crime conviction and say that a risk assessment gave him a moderate, not low, rating.

The I-Team also went to the Las Vegas Justice Court. A spokeswoman says the court did not comment on the case.