After the victim’s father alerted authorities about threatening social media posts the teen made days after his release, officers discovered a gun inside the boy’s home, according to prosecutors.
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Henderson police shared new details about a fatal police shooting at a Las Vegas residence last month that left a 71-year-old man dead.
Leonardo Nolasco, 17, was arrested and booked into the North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center on a count of open murder with a deadly weapon, according to police.
Henderson police are investigating after a man was found fatally shot in a residential area in the southeast Las Vegas Valley early Tuesday.
The victim’s family came to court with photos of him. His wife wanted the defendant to see her husband’s face.
A Las Vegas police officer who was arrested on suspected DUI was unable to stand upright on his own while in police custody, according to a report.
Before the attack, the victim said the defendant told him and his wife to speak English while the couple was talking in Tagalog.
A 16-year-old boy who died last week after being discovered with multiple gunshot wounds at a Las Vegas apartment complex was identified on Monday.
A 61-year-old woman was injured and a driver was arrested after a crash south of Harry Reid International Airport.
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Police spoke to the male driver who was outside the car for several minutes before he “jumped” into the car, according to a press release.
A man and his girlfriend are both dead after police said the man shot his girlfriend and then himself early Sunday.
Shortly after the shooter was released, he and his twin brother—both 16 —began posting threatening messages and displaying weapons on Instagram, according to the slain teen’s father.
An attorney for a woman who accused Shannon Sharpe of sexual assaulting her in Las Vegas said a lawsuit related to the accusation has been resolved.
Jesus Ayala, 19, is accused of crashing into and killing 66-year-old Andreas Probst.
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Henderson police are investigating after a man was found fatally shot in a residential area in the southeast Las Vegas Valley early Tuesday.
The victim’s family came to court with photos of him. His wife wanted the defendant to see her husband’s face.
A Las Vegas police officer who was arrested on suspected DUI was unable to stand upright on his own while in police custody, according to a report.
Before the attack, the victim said the defendant told him and his wife to speak English while the couple was talking in Tagalog.
