District Judge Richard Scotti violated the First Amendment when he barred the Las Vegas Review-Journal from reporting on the redacted autopsy report of an Oct. 1 shooting victim, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Las Vegas police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly shooting earlier this month that may have been related to drugs and gang activity.
Officers arrested Andy J. Soto Jr., 19, in the shooting, which was reported about 10:30 p.m. near Lake Mead Boulevard and Pabco Road, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Las Vegas police touted a decrease in violent crime when they released their 2017 statistics, but several criminologists say the drop — less than 1 percent — is insignificant. The department’s homicide numbers also contain some discrepancies.
Investigators have determined a minivan driver charged with murder in his girlfriend’s death “floored” the car in reverse and intentionally ran her over north of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on the Las Vegas Strip, according to a police report.
The man who died was Yaphette Johnson, 24, the Clark County coroner’s office said. He died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Officers are interested in speaking to anybody with knowledge of who last spoke with Angel Gutierrez, 37, before he was shot about 7:50 p.m. Dec. 1 on the 4000 block of East Bonanza Road, near Lamb Boulevard.
A homeless man who was stabbed to death in the south central valley late last month has been identified as Michael Lyndon Patty, 55.
Clark County has stopped releasing autopsy reports for all 58 victims of the Oct. 1 mass shooting, despite a district judge’s ruling that the reports are public records.
Las Vegas homicide detectives have opened an investigation into the death of a woman more than a month after she was beaten in the eastern valley.