The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified a man who was shot and killed by the Metropolitan Police Department Thursday after he allegedly pointed a rifle at officers in a downtown apartment complex.
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A judge on Tuesday declined to release a man accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Las Vegas police said it is investigating an officer-involved shooting in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.
Police said Tuesday a 57-year-old man killed himself after five people were found dead and a 13-year-old girl was critically wounded in shootings in a North Las Vegas neighborhood.
About an hour after the initial call, police said they were investigating a theft by several individuals, not a shooting.
A Las Vegas judge on Thursday vacated the death penalty for a Vietnam War veteran who raped and killed a 68-year-old woman more than 10 years ago.
A Las Vegas teenager who authorities say fired several rounds from a semiautomatic rifle at a Metropolitan Police Department officer while streaming the attack on Facebook Live has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
The man accused of killing a Venetian executive during a company picnic at Sunset Park made his first appearance in a Las Vegas court Wednesday.
District Judge Mark Bailus ordered Clemon Hudson, 23, and Steven Turner, 27, who were convicted by a jury in April of attempted murder and other charges, to serve 14 to 40 years behind bars.
Nicolai Mork, 41, agreed Thursday to a sentence of four to 10 years in prison in exchange for his guilty plea to two counts related to a cache of explosives police found in his Las Vegas home.
Two teenagers faced a judge for the first time Wednesday in connection with the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy inside a vacant Henderson home.
The victim says officer Manuel Gutierrez, 37, attacked her while she was visiting his wife on Saturday, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report. Gutierrez said the sex was consensual, it said.
Prosecutors could pull the death penalty off the table for Gustavo Ramos-Martinez, who is accused of killing an elderly man and woman in Las Vegas more than 20 years ago.
A Las Vegas woman was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison Tuesday for imposing years of torture on her three adopted children.
A Las Vegas judge set bail at $75,000 Tuesday for a man charged in connection with the shooting death of his 2-year-old son.
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The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified a man who was shot and killed by the Metropolitan Police Department Thursday after he allegedly pointed a rifle at officers in a downtown apartment complex.
Police said Tuesday a 57-year-old man killed himself after five people were found dead and a 13-year-old girl was critically wounded in shootings in a North Las Vegas neighborhood.
Former Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones is facing a suspended jail sentence in a domestic violence case.
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.