A man who allegedly robbed a person outside a Target store was shot and killed by police after he refused to put down a knife and lunged at an officer.
Shootings
Three women and a dog were found dead after North Las Vegas police shot and killed an armed man who walked toward officers and ignored their commands.
A man and a woman shot dead recently knew each other as bartenders at a Dotty’s lounge, according to a relative of one of the victims.
A homeless man who had appeared to be cutting off his left arm was shot and killed by police officers as he advanced at them with a 29-inch sharp object.
Three motorcyclists injured in a shooting by other motorcycle riders on U.S. Highway 95 in 2022 filed a lawsuit accusing a company of allowing the other riders to hide their bikes prior to the attack.
The names of two Metropolitan Police Department officers who fatally shot a suspect were released Thursday along with more details about the shooting.
A man turned himself in at the county jail a day after a shooting death in the northeast Las Vegas Valley.
Police say a man’s desire to “protect his family” was the motive behind a Dec. 1 shooting in east Las Vegas that left two homeless people dead.
Suspects Cristobal Omar Perez, 31, and Kylee Au Yong, 21, were taken into custody by law enforcement Thursday, Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said at a news briefing.
The shooting took place in the 2800 block of East Taylor Avenue a few blocks east of Civic Center Drive, according to the department.
Several persons in the area were held so that police could investigate the gunplay, but no one was reported injured, Zemsta said.
North Las Vegas police officers responded at about 8 p.m. to a report of a 13-year-old boy who had been shot in the 3200 block of Fountain Falls Way.
Isiah Robinson’s food truck was almost sold out Thursday during a fundraiser for the funeral expenses of Schinara Patterson, a 34-year-old mother, and two of her children, all of whom were shot to death Monday.
A third child found shot Monday inside an apartment near Durango Drive and U.S. Highway 95 was “clinging to life,” police said at the time.
“I mean, he just showed up and shot us,” said Robert Tully, 62.