A bullet pierced Metropolitan Police Department officer Truong Thai’s bulletproof vest, killing him. A heavier vest exists that could have saved Thai’s life, but it’s up to officers to choose whether to wear it.
Lee Johnson, 30, was rebooked into the jail on suspicion of murder after cellmate James Chatien was found dead.
A man fled after he allegedly shot and killed a woman he was temporarily living with after they had a dispute, Las Vegas police said.
The man accused of a deadly stabbing on the Strip is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States without going through a border inspection point, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Brent Hallett, 47, had been stabbed suddenly in the back. It was broad daylight, about twenty minutes before noon on a busy, sun-drenched Las Vegas Boulevard.
Amir Haggi, 41, was found dead on Aug. 19 at the Budget Suites on West Tropicana Avenue.
Metro officers are working with the U.S. Marshals Service in the search for Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, who escaped from the Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs.
The murder victim found in a car trunk in a Las Vegas parking lot has been identified as a man who has been missing from Phoenix, Arizona since June.