The man accused of killing a Venetian executive during a company picnic at Sunset Park made his first appearance in a Las Vegas court Wednesday.
Shootings
A 16-year-old girl who was gunned down in April was shot after a Facebook Live conversation between two rival gangs, according to a shooting suspect’s arrest report.
The teen was playing with a gun just before 5 p.m. on the 7900 block of Terrace Rock Way, near Cimarron Road and Vegas Drive, when he fired the weapon, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Grant Rogers said.
A former employee of The Venetian suspected in a deadly shooting at a company picnic in April was transferred to Las Vegas police custody early Tuesday after fighting extradition from a Texas jail for nearly two months.
Lawrence Reddick, 39, was arrested June 19 and booked into the Clark County Detention Center. He has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, records show.
Just before 11:50 p.m. on June 9, an officer near Twain Avenue and Palos Verdes Street heard gunshots and found a man on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a Metropolitan Police Department release.
On Monday at the Clark County Government Center the Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild revealed its months of work: more than 250 handmade quilts collected and created for victims of the Oct. 1 attack.
Nevada will receive full reimbursement from the federal government for overtime costs through a Justice Department program that helps states and communities with extraordinary events, like the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
Three brothers were hospitalized after one accidentally fired a handgun Sunday night in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.
A teenager who allegedly fired several rounds from a high-powered rifle at a Metro officer while streaming the encounter on Facebook live was indicted Friday.
Raheem Rice ’s homicide case remained unsolved Friday, nearly three weeks after he was gunned down outside a house party in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
Two men stand accused of murder in what police say was botched robbery of a moped rider on June 1. A friend who drove the pair toward the moped rider helped police identify them, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest warrant.
District Judge Mark Bailus ordered Clemon Hudson, 23, and Steven Turner, 27, who were convicted by a jury in April of attempted murder and other charges, to serve 14 to 40 years behind bars.
The Las Vegas Fire Department’s Combined Communications Center will receive a “Team of the Year” award for the staff’s work dispatching emergency personnel during the Oct. 1 shooting.
A man suspected of fatally shooting of Patricia Jones at a northwest valley apartment complex this month was an armed security guard, according to his Metropolitan Police Department arrest report.