A woman arrested Tuesday after a fatal shooting in Henderson told police she was trying to pistol whip the victim when the gun discharged, killing him.
A resident of a nearby apartment complex said about 10 local children, some as young as 5, witnessed the shooting.
Police discovered the body of a 70-year-old man on Monday after conducting a welfare check at the 2700 block of Pastel Avenue.
A Las Vegas man accused of killing two people and critically injuring a third in a dispute over unpaid rent made a brief court appearance Monday.
A driver reported the man to police. It marked the second homicide that Las Vegas police investigated Sunday.
A fundraiser was held Thursday in Las Vegas to benefit the family of slain Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Micah May.
With a donor’s help, Las Vegas police sent a Texas lab a tiny amount of DNA from a 1989 murder case. “We were at the wall,” a detective said. “This was our last shot.”
Cold case detectives often rely on DNA evidence, and advancements in technology are giving decades-old samples new promise. Sometimes, though, a match isn’t enough.
A man was arrested after Las Vegas police said he fatally shot two women and left a third person critically injured in a dispute over unpaid rent early Tuesday.
Police arrested a man in a fatal shooting at a park in central Las Vegas after investigators say he left his cellphone at the shooting scene.
Hundreds of mourners gathered in a Henderson church Friday to honor Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Micah May after his death last week. Following the memorial, another procession took May’s body to a public graveside service.
Las Vegas police were investigating a homicide that occurred late Wednesday in the central Las Vegas Valley.
Las Vegas police are investigating a homicide in downtown Las Vegas near the Fremont Street Experience.
A 33-year-old man died in the fatal Sunday stabbing, which stemmed from “some type of altercation,” police said.
Police have not identified a suspect or motive in either shooting as of Monday afternoon.