A North Las Vegas police officer was shot and killed Tuesday. The person who shot the officer was also killed when the officer fired back, police said.
Shootings
Kevin Filliger is charged with attempted murder after he was accused of breaking into a woman’s home and shooting her.
A man suspected of a violent break-in wrote “shot her” after police say he broke into a home, shot a woman and threatened her in her east Las Vegas Valley home.
A Las Vegas judge scheduled a trial to begin in April over a 2022 Memorial Day shooting prosecutors said was between the Hells Angels and a rival motorcycle club.
Alejandra Boudreaux was indicted on charges including home invasion with a deadly weapon and assault with a deadly weapon constituting domestic violence.
Metropolitan Police Department officer Cesar Ibarra, 48, was at home during his day off when he and his wife heard a “commotion” from his neighbor’s backyard, police said.
A 27-year-old man suspected in a deadly shooting late December in the Historic Westside has been apprehended.
Duane Davis, who is also facing a murder charge in connection with the killing of Tupac Shakur, appeared in court Tuesday in a separate battery case.
A driver was injured in a shooting that North Las Vegas police believe may have stemmed from a road-rage incident.
Duane Davis, who is facing a murder charge in connection with the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, has now been charged with battery by a prisoner, court records show.
The tattoo artist, who loved Disneyland and hip-hop, was 33 when she was found dead in an apartment in North Las Vegas on Dec. 22.
Johnathan Gaston was supposed to be under house arrest at the time of the recent incident, prosecutors said.
The officer and his wife shot the man when he advanced toward them after they witnessed him attacking a woman, according to police.
Las Vegas police say experience can help reduce the number of officer-involved shootings, as officers with less than five years of experience are more likely to open fire.
Erika Covington and Arionna Taylor were both sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for fatally shooting and robbing a man in a Caesars Palace hotel room.