A look at the number of homicides in Clark County in 2023. Among the trends, a rise in domestic violence-related murders in Las Vegas.
Shootings
Five people who were killed in the past four days were identified by the Clark County coroner’s office Tuesday.
A man was shot and killed and a woman was fatally stabbed Sunday in Las Vegas.
Christopher McCary, 20, was found shot six times and stabbed three times inside an apartment on H Street.
Four people were killed across the valley in about a 16-hour span, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified two men killed within hours of each other late last week.
A stabbing in west Las Vegas led police to a homicide suspect wanted in an October slaying, according to police records released Tuesday.
At least 227 people were killed last year in Clark County. Victims were as young as 3 months and as old as 78, and Metro investigated 179 of those killings.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Monday identified four people who were killed last week, including three who were shot.
The identities included those of two men found dead on Friday.
A deadly week pushed the number of homicides investigated this year in Clark County past the number investigated in all of 2019, according to Review-Journal records.
A couple accused of killing a man they’d lured to an east Las Vegas apartment with the promise of sex sent photos of the victim’s body to a friend, police say.
The suspect remained at large Wednesday. He is charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the victim of a Sunday fatal shooting as 21-year-old Noah Gonzalez.
Henderson police on Wednesday identified two officers involved in Monday’s fatal police shooting of a woman who allegedly stabbed her young son.