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Killer tells Las Vegas jury, ‘I hope God can forgive me’

Bryan Clay, convicted of raping and murdering a mother and her young daughter in 2012, took the witness stand Monday morning with a statement, ready to ask jurors to spare his life.

 
Metro lays out missteps before officers shot, killed fugitive holding cell phone

Las Vegas police Monday outlined a handful of missteps, including miscommunication from the U.S. Marshals Office, that led up to the moment two Metro officers shot and killed an unarmed fugitive holding a cell phone in front of a west valley home on New Year’s Eve.

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Strip killer Ammar Harris sentenced to death

Ammar Harris was sentenced to death Wednesday for each of the three people he killed on the Las Vegas Strip.

 
Ambush that killed two Metro cops in 2014 lasted 4 seconds, testimony shows

Jerad and Amanda Miller were defiant until the very end. Cornered after slaying three people and expecting their own deaths, the couple kept up the police-hating rhetoric investigators would later find immortalized in a self-glorifying shrine.

 
Inmate’s survivors sue police over fatal struggle in jail

A second civil rights lawsuit has been filed by survivors of an inmate who died after a 2013 struggle with officers at the Clark County Detention Center.

 
Metro officer shot near Rainbow and Alta; 2 people in custody

A Las Vegas police officer shot before daylight Friday came through surgery fine, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said, but one man’s wound leaves a mark on the whole department.

 
Prosecutor wants to stop the release of Freddie Gray’s autopsy

Baltimore’s top prosecutor plans to seek a protective order that would block the release of Freddie Gray’s autopsy report and other documents as she prosecutes police over his arrest, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday.

 
Bail for CCSD bus driver set at $3 million

On three separate days, the 55-year-old man was seen on a surveillance camera molesting and assaulting “very small” children on the back of a bus, Las Vegas police said.

 
Relatives of Boston bomber testify against death penalty

Raisat Suleimanov remembers her cousin — convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev — as a sweet boy with a big smile who wept when Mufasa, Simba’s father in the animated movie, “The Lion King,” is killed by Scar, his evil brother.

 
Police blame triple homicide on suicidal man

Las Vegas police said a suicidal man is responsible for killing three people before shooting himself Tuesday night.