John Dabritz, 67, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for the ambush shooting last year of Jenkins near Ely.
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In exchange for John Dabritz’s plea of “guilty but mentally ill,” White Pine County prosecutors have pulled capital punishment off the table.
Authorities said the armed man had been chasing two strangers around Jean in his pickup truck. The chase ended outside a Nevada Highway Patrol station, where he was shot and killed by troopers.
John Dabritz is charged with open murder, third-degree arson, grand larceny of a motor vehicle and grand larceny of a firearm in connection with the March shooting.
Shawn McDonnell and Kayleigh Lewis will join McDonnell’s brother, Christopher, in Clark County after the suspects were separated following their capture in rural Arizona.
An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
Authorities suspect that John Dabritz committed crimes involving an explosive device in Nye County just prior to the fatal shooting of a Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant.
Previously released court documents related to the killing say that the sergeant was shot in his “shoulder and/or head.”
A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper who was shot and killed during a traffic stop Friday morning was identified by authorities as a grandfather from White Pine County.
All six shots fired by SWAT officers at an attempted robbery suspect who pointed a weapon at police following an hourslong standoff struck the suspect, police said Thursday.
A deputy shot and killed a Pahrump man Thursday night after he opened fire during a standoff with officers, marking the first officer-involved shooting this year for the Nye County sheriff’s office.
One of the world’s most notorious gangs has been tied to 10 brutal killings over the past year in Clark County, but one expert said MS-13’s violent attacks are usually targeted.
Five members of the MS-13 gang were responsible for a string of killings that left 10 people dead in Clark County in the past year, Las Vegas police announced Monday.
Threats circulating on social media this weekend of a planned high school shooting last Monday morning originated in Alabama, Clark County School District police confirmed Sunday.
The man accused of shooting his estranged wife at her west valley workplace before turning the gun on himself Saturday night has survived and now faces a murder charge.