The shooting deaths of five women at two unrelated scenes in North Las Vegas within a week in March helped more than double the number of homicides city police investigated during the first quarter of the year.
Shootings
Three women were found fatally shot Tuesday at an apartment complex near Carey Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard North.
Three women and a dog were found dead after North Las Vegas police shot and killed an armed man who walked toward officers and ignored their commands.
The wife of a North Las Vegas pastor killed late last year has filed a lawsuit against the neighbor accused of fatally shooting her husband.
The son of state Sen. Pat Spearman, who is a candidate for North Las Vegas mayor, shot his cousin at the veteran lawmaker’s home Thursday, she said Friday.
Willis Davis, who is accused of killing three teens in North Las Vegas in 1996, told the Review-Journal that he made a false confession to the killings while high on PCP.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 46-year-old man fatally shot at a North Las Vegas apartment complex early Saturday.
One of three people shot during a robbery Wednesday afternoon in North Las Vegas has died, police said.
The shooting occurred early Saturday morning when a father and son went to confront a man suspected of stealing their family’s truck, North Las Vegas police said.