Law enforcement and emergency responders from throughout the Las Vegas Valley participated in an “active shooter” drill Wednesday at Shadow Ridge High School to ensure they are prepared for a worst-case scenario.
Shootings
Las Vegas police on Wednesday released the largest batch of Oct. 1 shooting records yet.
The Metropolitan Police Department may not have a record of all officers who responded to the Oct. 1 shooting, the department’s lawyers said at a Tuesday court hearing.
Mandalay Bay engineer Stephen Shuck credits security guard Jesus Campos for saving his life the night of the Oct. 1 shooting in a report given to Las Vegas police days after the mass shooting.
Among hundreds of officer’s reports released this week, one stood out with its extraordinary detail and insight into what it was like to be an officer on duty the night of Oct. 1.
Las Vegas police officers who watched over the Stratosphere after the Oct. 1 shooting differ in their accounts of a woman’s random act of kindness nearly went awry.
Records released Wednesday include the summary of an FBI interview with a police officer from Newport Beach, California, who was shot at the Route 91 Harvest festival.
Las Vegas police officer Cordell Hendrex, another officer and security guards were among the first to respond to the upper floors of Mandalay Bay while a gunman opened fire on a country music festival below.
Days before his attack on a country music concert, the Oct. 1 shooter told a condo owner at The Ogden that he wanted to reserve a unit for himself and his wife.
The night of Oct. 1 at the Route 91 Harvest festival, Taylor Stovall, then 17 years old, was running with her friend from gunfire. Stovall had been shot in the arm, and her friend flagged down a man who was offering help and directing people to keep running.
The Las Vegas gunman’s behavior rattled a Mandalay Bay housekeeper days before he fired upon the crowd at a country music festival.
A man was shot at about 7:25 p.m. near 6255 W. Tropicana Ave., near South Jones Boulevard, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Dustin Butler said.
A state task force Friday moved closer to overhauling how Nevada tracks casino emergency response plans in the wake of the Oct. 1 mass shooting outside Mandalay Bay.
Las Vegas gang detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in an east valley parking lot shooting Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting was reported about 8:10 p.m., and responding officers found a 30-year-old man with a gunshot wound at 2200 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas police said.