A Las Vegas man should be executed for shooting and killing 15-year-old Alexus Postorino inside her home, a jury decided Thursday.
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Testimony wrapped up Tuesday afternoon in the death penalty trial of a 41-year-old Las Vegas man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl and injuring another man during a shooting and drug-related robbery.
Talking to police moments after learning his 15-year-old daughter Alexus was fatally shot, William Postorino didn’t want to believe that a man he had considered a friend for more than 30 years could be the killer.
Authorities linked 23-year-old Shane Valentine to a shooting incident at a woman’s home after finding her son and his girlfriend dead inside a southwest valley apartment less than a month later.
Prosecutors have dismissed a murder charge against a Las Vegas man who was accused in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old woman in the central valley last month.
A 24-year-old man was indicted this week in a fatal shooting just east of the Strip.
A judge on Monday denied bail for Omar Jamal Talley, accused of killing two women near the Strip, as prosecutors said they were considering whether to pursue capital punishment.
The Clark County coroner’s office has ruled the Jan. 30 shooting death of Denise Gray, 40, an accident.