The parents of a woman slain at a Summerlin law firm said their daughter was living in fear of her ex-husband while fighting him in court for custody of their two children.
Ashley Prince, 30, was fighting for sole custody of her two oldest kids when she was killed by attorney Joseph Houston during a deposition at a Summerlin law office on April 8.
Las Vegas lawyers Joseph Houston II and Dennis Prince should never have been part of the child custody case that may have contributed to Monday’s tragic shooting, one of Houston’s acquaintances said.
A shooting victim killed Tuesday in a northwest valley apartment complex was identified as a 16-year-old Las Vegas boy.
Dennis Prince, a prominent Las Vegas civil attorney, was slain along with his fourth wife Ashley, 30, at his Summerlin law office.
Attorney Joseph Houston had learned that the cancer that spread to his bones had returned before he fatally shot Dennis Prince and his wife before turning the gun on himself.
Ethics rules allow lawyers to represent relatives, but many say it’s a bad idea in bitter custody battles like the one that left three people dead in Summerlin.
The Clark County coroner’s office released the causes of death for attorney Dennis Prince and his new wife, Ashley.
Ashley Prince asked about private security days before she and her husband were shot and killed at a deposition, according to communications shared with the RJ.
A new court filing describes the moments leading up to the attack, when the gunman killed two people in front of his wife before killing himself.
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.
Justice of the Peace Ann Zimmerman approved the order during a hearing in which Kayla Alery, 27, made a brief appearance, shackled in blue jail garb.
Kayla Alery, 27, acknowledged that a suspect seen on video looked like her and said she hears voices and suffers from schizophrenia.
The university released more than 20 hours of video and audio from the Dec. 6 shooting which left three professors dead.
A man suspected in the death of a man in a September shooting has been arrested in California.