An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
Shootings
A Las Vegas officer who was shot during a June protest recently celebrated his 30th birthday with family at a rehabilitation center for spinal cord injuries.
Nevada Highway Patrol said the man who was fatally shot by a trooper last week during a traffic stop in Elko was a convicted felon who shot at least three times at the trooper.
The suspect faces robbery and murder charges after the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said he and a friend conspired to rob a teenager who fatally shot the friend in self-defense.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in finding a sedan believed to be connected to a fatal shooting reported early Wednesday in Pahrump.
During a press conference Monday, Highway Patrol Lt. Col. Daniel Solow said both troopers have been with the agency for about three years and were assigned to Primm.
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.
Nevada Highway Patrol troopers shot and killed an armed person Thursday evening outside of an NHP substation in Jean. The shooting occurred after an earlier apparent road rage incident involving another driver on Interstate 15.
Capt. David Boruchowitz said Thursday that preliminary information indicates the person who was shot was attacking “someone with an ax.”
Previously released court documents related to the killing say that the sergeant was shot in his “shoulder and/or head.”
A tribute to honor the life of slain Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Jenkins took place Thursday night on the Strip.
The man accused of killing a Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant delivered a suspicious package to Ely Justice Court just days before the slaying, according to court records.
A day after Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins was shot and killed in rural Nevada, his body was escorted from the Clark County coroner’s office by hundreds of officers.
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.
The deputy who was shot was transported to University Medical Center, authorities said.
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