An owner of the house near where a man and police exchanged gunfire Tuesday is in custody.
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A man is uninjured and in custody after holding a neighbor hostage and at rifle-point in a south valley home for more than five hours early Tuesday following a shootout with Metropolitan Police Department officers.
Testimony wrapped up Tuesday afternoon in the death penalty trial of a 41-year-old Las Vegas man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl and injuring another man during a shooting and drug-related robbery.
Jean Joseph, 29, faces charges of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, kidnapping with a deadly weapon, child abuse with a deadly weapon and possession of a gun by a prohibited person.
The 13-year-old boy who was killed Friday at a west valley smoke shop was shot multiple times in the back and at least once in the head, the boy’s father said Wednesday. That information could help explain why investigators decided Monday to pursue a murder charge against the smoke shop clerk accused of firing the fatal shots.
Las Vegas police have taken a suspect into custody after a barricade situation at the Loft 5 residential complex near Las Vegas Boulevard South Wednesday morning.
Talking to police moments after learning his 15-year-old daughter Alexus was fatally shot, William Postorino didn’t want to believe that a man he had considered a friend for more than 30 years could be the killer.
“Everybody’s concerned,” said Metro homicide Lt. Dan McGrath while on the scene of Fabriccio Patti’s shooting Friday. “And it should be not just the police’s concern — it’s the whole community’s concern, that we have a rise in violence, specifically gun violence.”
Police have not yet established a motive for the killing of Michael Tzaras, 46, north of downtown.
A teen was fatally shot by a smoke shop employee Friday night after he and two other youths entered the southwest valley store wearing masks, likely intending to rob the business, police said.