A felon accused of shooting a Chinatown waiter multiple times was released from jail six days before the crime with the help of a national nonprofit.
Antonio Bridges, 37, was sentenced Friday to serve 11 to 31 years in state prison for the beating death of 1-year-old Mark Phillips Jr. in 2018.
“No human being should be exposed to the terror and agony of not being able to breathe,” said Dr. Mark Heath, an anesthesiologist.
A 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a man in a Las Vegas convenience store parking lot then randomly opening fire on three other people was ordered held without bail.
A jury began deliberations Thursday to determine if one of two men convicted of murder in a 2016 fatal shooting should be put to death.
A judge ruled on Friday that there is enough evidence for three people to stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges in the torture and shooting death of a Las Vegas man.
An alleged killer who was on the run for 10 years died of COVID-19 before facing trial in the death of his wife.
John Dabritz, 67, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for the ambush shooting last year of Jenkins near Ely.
The courtroom was packed on Thursday when three people charged in connection with the killing of 27-year-old Roy Jaggers made their first court appearance.
A former North Las Vegas firefighter charged with murder in his wife’s overdose death told officers he was worried that the city would learn of the investigation into his spouse’s demise, body camera footage in the case shows.
Alonso Perez, 29, agreed to plead guilty to the murder charges and other crimes in exchange for prosecutors dropping their efforts to seek the death penalty.
Prosecutors said they will not pursue the death penalty against Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, 35, a California woman accused of strangling her 7-year-old son near Las Vegas.
The explosion initially stoked fears of a possible terrorist attack on the Strip, but prosecutors have said it was planted by a jealous man.
A Las Vegas man accused of killing two people and critically injuring a third in a dispute over unpaid rent was laughing and smiling as he shot the victims, police said.
Lawyers for Zane Floyd, convicted in a Las Vegas grocery store massacre, filed court papers Tuesday detailing for the first time a request to commute his death sentence.