Jasmin Vargas told police that she did not know her handgun was loaded when she fired it in the parking lot of an apartment complex in December 2020.
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A man suspected of a residential burglary was shot and killed by police Thursday morning in southeast Las Vegas, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
Law enforcement investigated at least 245 homicides last year in Clark County. That’s the most since 2017, when 264 people were killed.
The man accused of shooting a Las Vegas officer during a concert at Allegiant Stadium slid his finger into an officer’s holster and pulled the trigger, police said.
A recent series of shootings and assaults on the Strip have worried the elected officials who oversee the tourist corridor. Police say increased efforts to quell it are working.
No officers were injured in the shooting, which happened in the 10300 block of Timber Willow Avenue, near Sahara Avenue and Hualapai Way, police said.
Jurors who convicted a 26-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a liquor store clerk heard evidence Thursday to decide whether he should be sentenced to death.
A 93-year-old man who shot an apartment complex maintenance worker last week, leading to Las Vegas police gunfire, was apparently upset over water damage and flooding in his unit.
Two brothers were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in storming into a Lee’s Discount Liquor store in 2016 in southwest Las Vegas and gunning down a clerk.
On Sept. 7, 1996, a white or cream-colored Cadillac pulled up alongside a newer model black BMW at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in Las Vegas.