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.
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Two days after he was fatally shot in the line of duty , Las Vegas police officer Truong Thai was honored Saturday night with a candlelight vigil.
The unsure shuttle bus manager called police that night after an employee sold a bus ticket to Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, an escaped murderer attempting to flee the country.
Las Vegas police released body camera footage Thursday evening from the scene where Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was killed.
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.
Yoni Barrios, 32, was arrested Thursday and appeared briefly in court Friday afternoon wearing orange hand restraints. He faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of murder.
Dion Southern, 48, died from a gunshot wound of the head, according to the coroner.
Politicians, survivors and victims’ families gathered together to shed tears and share hugs on the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting, which killed 60 and injured hundreds.