Authorities suspect that John Dabritz committed crimes involving an explosive device in Nye County just prior to the fatal shooting of a Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant.
Shootings
For the next year, the Nevada Highway Patrol will wear a memorial uniform patch for Sgt. Ben Jenkins, the trooper who was shot and killed last month by a motorist.
The man accused in the fatal shooting of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper has been ordered to undergo a competency evaluation, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
Previously released court documents related to the killing say that the sergeant was shot in his “shoulder and/or head.”
The man accused of killing a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was obsessed with COVID-19, according to people who interacted with him before the deadly shooting.
“It seemed like he had gone completely off the rails,” said the ex-wife of a man suspected of shooting and killing a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper.
A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper who was shot and killed during a traffic stop Friday morning was identified by authorities as a grandfather from White Pine County.
Officers took Daniel Lopez-Jauregi into custody Saturday on the 4700 block of Corsaire Avenue, about three blocks south of the shooting site, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Las Vegas police have said that just before the shooting, Rayvion Brown was inside his Ford Mustang, talking with “an unidentified male.”
Robert Wiggins credits Ernesto “Romeo” Gonzalez with saving his life the 2011 night that two rival motorcycle clubs clashed in a Sparks casino.
They pursued a murder case against Vagos Motorcycle Club members — and lost. This came after a judge dismissed a high-profile case against Cliven Bundy in 2018.
The federal trial, which began in July, took a weeklong break in early February following four days of closing arguments from attorneys on both sides of the case.
The suspect remained at large Wednesday. He is charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
Homicide detectives believe the pizza deliveries in the days leading up to a home invasion was a ruse to help the suspects figure out the victim’s schedule and patterns.
The death of a man who was shot by Henderson police officers in December was not disclosed by the city’s police department until this week.