The Henderson Police Department said one officer involved in the shooting has been placed on paid administrative leave until an investigation concludes.
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Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur’s killing, still faces a court hearing before he is set free on $750,000 bail.
Las Vegas police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead late Thursday night.
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
A man arrested last year on suspicion of committing a fatal DUI, an accusation quickly dropped, has sued Nevada and the trooper who arrested him
UNLV’s chapter of a fraternity that sponsored a charity boxing match after which Nathan Valencia died was suspended Wednesday, according to a statement from the university.
“I have no choice but to resign immediately,” the woman wrote. “I simply wouldn’t be able to look my daughter in the eye or myself in the mirror otherwise.”
A combination of enforcement, education and motorists taking personal responsibility when they are behind the wheel are key to reducing the problem, police say.
After a tragic accident, couple wants to use their experience to help change the laws on distracted driving and vehicular manslaughter in Nevada while improving roadway safety.
Mesquite officials are defending their city after a former councilman said growing tensions had led to a “civil war” in the community and caused him to fear the police.
A tumultuous mayoral campaign sparked growing tensions in Mesquite, leading to city officials being forced out of office and a local news website ceasing publication.
Nearly half of Nevada’s prisoners have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Department of Corrections.
Nevada’s attorney general and lieutenant governor want to end the death penalty, but Clark County’s district attorney is pushing for the state’s first execution since 2006.
The Department of Corrections declined to identify the 55 prisoners who records show died after testing positive for the virus. The Review-Journal independently identified 39.
The Metropolitan Police Department saw a 37 percent increase in retirements in 2020, but the agency and the officers union said the rise isn’t linked to the ongoing push for police reforms.
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A man arrested last year on suspicion of committing a fatal DUI, an accusation quickly dropped, has sued Nevada and the trooper who arrested him
A man was shot and killed by police after pointing a rifle at officers in a downtown Las Vegas apartment complex, according to police.
A jury returned a guilty verdict in the murder trial of a retired Metropolitan Police Department detective who killed her former son-in-law at her home in 2019.
This was the Henderson Police Department’s second officer-involved shooting in 2024, officers said.