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Las Vegas neighbors say gunman may have wanted medication

Neighbors of a man who shot two people Thursday before killing himself at a northwest valley pain clinic suggested the incident may have occurred because he was not able to get the pain medication he was seeking.

Double murderer with 6 wives not a sociopath, doctor says

Convicted double murderer Thomas Randolph, who lived for decades off the proceeds of dead wives, has a narcissitic personality but is not a sociopath, a psychiatrist testified Thursday about the flagrant philanderer six times wed.

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Dismissal of murder case means Las Vegas man will walk free after 22 years

A judge this week dismissed a decades-old murder case and ordered the release of DeMarlo Berry, a Las Vegas man whose lengthy quest to prove his innocence culminated after prosecutors reviewed new evidence and identified a different suspect.

Las Vegas officers involved in shooting identified

The Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday identified the officers involved in Saturday night’s shooting on Bookbinder Road as Cody Thompson, 33, and Theodore Carrasco, 36.

Jury begins deliberating in double murder trial of Thomas Randolph

Michael James Miller wasn’t wearing a black ski mask when he was executed after killing Thomas Randolph’s sixth wife, Sharon, inside the couple’s home, prosecutors said Monday in Randolph’s double murder trial.

Man killed in gunfire exchange with officers in central Las Vegas

A man barricaded inside a home with a cache of weapons and a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed by Las Vegas SWAT officers after he fired at them as they entered the residence late Saturday night, police said.

Las Vegas double-murder trial nears close, as jurors view interrogations

Prosecutors and defense attorneys rested their cases on Friday in the double murder trial of Thomas Randolph. Should jurors convict 62-year-old Randolph of first-degree murder, the panel is expected to decide his punishment. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.