District Judge Erika Ballou has faced complaints regarding two social media posts, as well as statements she made during a sentencing hearing.
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A 23-year-old man has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting earlier this week in the east valley.
A 15-year-old boy fatally wounded in northeast Las Vegas during what police classified as a “drug transaction” earlier this month was identified Thursday.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot Wednesday afternoon is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a teenager shot and killed early Sunday at a west valley house party.
The FBI released 600 pages of documents related to its Las Vegas mass shooting investigation, but the names of nearly everyone involved were redacted.
One gambler told the FBI that Stephen Paddock, who opened fire on concertgoers on Oct. 1, 2017, killing 60, was “very upset at the way casinos were treating him.”
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, bump stocks were banned by federal regulation. But that rule is under challenge, and bump stocks could be legal once more.
A recent planning survey for a permanent memorial honoring the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting elicited hundreds of emotional responses.
“It is so important that we come up with a memorial that we can all be proud of, one that best reflects the wishes of those affected,” said Mynda Smith, whose sister died in the mass shooting.
Officials are urging the public to watch the 1 October Sunrise Remembrance ceremony remotely this year, in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’re still recovering from the events that took place on 1 October,” Nevada’s junior senator says. “We’re still grieving for the family members who are no longer with us.”
In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, Congress filed a flurry of bills, including those that would ban or restrict bump stocks. But lawmakers failed to pass any of the gun bills.
The state of Nevada was urged to immediately apply for funds tucked into the $1.3 trillion spending bill for law enforcement costs incurred in the Las Vegas Strip mass shooting and subsequent investigation.
Citing the Las Vegas Strip shooting, a bipartisan group of Western states’ senators, including Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, filed a bill Thursday to ban bump stocks, which increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic rifles to nearly that of fully automatic weapons.
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The bodies were discovered June 5 in the 4900 block of South Droubay Drive, near Tropicana Avenue.
Henderson police and fire crews responded to reports of a shooting at about 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Marks Street.
The families of Sgt. Michael Abbate and trooper Alberto Felix shared their anguish in court while asking the judge to give Jemarcus Williams the maximum sentence.
Dennis and Ashley Prince had a young baby together before they were killed in early April, and the child is now the center of another guardianship dispute.