Newly released documents blame correctional officers at a Nevada prison for the death of one inmate and wounding of another more than a year ago.
Shootings
Jocling Kefale wants the public to know that her mother and brother, who were slain in the same shootout that killed a Metro K-9 dog Thursday, were good people and well-loved.
K-9 Nicky’s funeral will not be open to the public Wednesday afternoon.
Las Vegas police are investigating a suicide that occurred Monday morning after bail bonds firm representatives showed up to arrest a man in a recreational vehicle parked on a road off state Route 160.
Nicky, the police dog killed in the line of duty Thursday just weeks after returning to active duty following a machete attack, will likely receive a funeral next week, Las Vegas police said.
A man wanted in connection to a February murder was killed early Saturday after he entered a central valley apartment armed and was shot by one of its residents, Las Vegas police confirmed Wednesday, and the case he was wanted in connection to has since been closed.
Las Vegas police are investigating the death of a suspect whose gun went off, shooting him in the head, as he ran from officers Friday night outside a southeast valley strip mall.
Mary Pitrello, 29, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the 2013 shotgun slaying of Oliver Doppert.
A judge on Monday denied bail for Omar Jamal Talley, accused of killing two women near the Strip, as prosecutors said they were considering whether to pursue capital punishment.
The Clark County coroner’s office has ruled the Jan. 30 shooting death of Denise Gray, 40, an accident.
When a citizen in Clark County kills someone, prosecutors are there from the start of the investigation, often looking over the shoulder of detectives even before the body is moved. But when a police officer kills someone, prosecutors are nowhere to be found.
Prosecutors in many American cities step in as the public’s watchdog in the aftermath of a police shooting, but the Clark County district attorney’s office is content to sit on the sidelines. It doesn’t treat shootings by police like other homicides and it won’t even review an officer’s use of deadly force unless the sheriff or a chief of police requests it.
The wail of sirens and crack of gunshots were familiar sounds to the apartment dwellers at 2304 Tam Drive. In this area off the north end of the Strip known as the Naked City, it took more than that to get people’s attention.
In 2002, former Las Vegas police homicide Detective Dave Hatch published his first book, a how-to guide for investigating officer-involved shootings.
When North Las Vegas police shot and killed Fernando Giovanni Sauceda just nine minutes into 2011, it was the first police shooting for the department in two years.