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.
Shootings
Tourists interviewed on the Strip this week say they feel safe despite the recent spate of violence, noting increased police presence as a positive factor.
A recent series of shootings and assaults on the Strip have worried the elected officials who oversee the tourist corridor. Police say increased efforts to quell it are working.
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.
A 7-Eleven clerk who was stabbed by a trespasser pulled out a firearm and then pursued and shot the individual early Wednesday, North Las Vegas police said.