The man who police fatally shot was suicidal and had beaten his wife for days, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Shootings
The officer shot a man as officers with the Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of an “armed suicidal individual” Saturday in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a shooting involving an officer in southwest Las Vegas, police said.
Henderson police are investigating after a 24-year-old man was shot and killed at a party early Friday morning.
Hope Ritter was found shot in the head inside a vehicle. Prosecutors said she was unarmed and had no opportunity to defend herself.
A woman killed in what Las Vegas police described as a murder-suicide was a “cherished mother” and aspiring nurse, according to a GoFundMe page created in her honor.
As they approached the home, officers heard the sound of a gunshot. Once inside, officers found a man and a woman who were suffering from gunshot wounds.
Panic-stricken guests at Circus Circus on Saturday spoke of moments of terror as Las Vegas police responded to reports of a possible shooting that were ultimately determined to have been unfounded.
The North Las Vegas Police Department said in a news release that a suspect was taken into custody in Inyo, California, with assistance from local law enforcement there.
A man has been taken into custody in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in September in the central Las Vegas Valley.
Anyone who may have information about this is urged to contact the North Las Vegas Police Department at 702-633-9111.
After giving interviews, speaking to law enforcement and participating in a book project about his involvement in the slaying of Tupac Shakur, Duane Davis has decided it’s time to stop talking.
Over 100 people gathered at a northwest Las Vegas park on Saturday to remember a 21-year-old man who was found shot to death in a vehicle on Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas.
A shooting near Interstate 11 and the 215 Beltway led detectives to discover 41 pounds of “illicit cannabis” in the shooting suspect’s possession.
Police found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds on the interstate north of Cheyenne Avenue in the southbound lanes.