Manuel Ruiz, 41, faces two charges of murder with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting.
Shootings
Police said a vehicle pulled up next to the detective’s vehicle and “a female voice could be heard asking if there was anyone in the car.”
Officers arrived and entered a home for a welfare check and located a deceased male suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound, police said in a statement.
The shooting occurred in the 5100 block of Hickham Avenue, near North Buffalo Drive and West Craig Road.
Las Vegas police investigated an apparent murder-suicide that left a man and woman dead in the west valley.
An exchange of gunfire Sunday evening between police and suspects in a previous shooting led to two people being injured, according to authorities.
Prosecutors have said Duane “Keffe D” Davis orchestrated a plan to pay back the hip hop star and Death Row Records CEO Marion “Suge” Knight.
Manuel Ruiz is described a private person, though his alleged public shooting of an online rival has garnered widespread attention.
Family members of an Arizona couple fatally shot while livestreaming from the Strip were among the witnesses who told police they watched the slaying unfold in real time, according to 911 audio released Thursday.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson said prosecutors will consider seeking the death penalty against the suspect in a shooting that killed two in front of the Bellagio.
A 25-year-old man was arrested Tuesday evening in connection to a shooting near a Henderson water park that left one person hospitalized.
Henderson police said Manuel Ruiz, 41, claimed he shot a victim in self-defense.
After the shooting, police said he fled in a high-speed chase, stealing three cars and hitting two pedestrians as he tried to escape.
A driver who police say shot and killed another man following a traffic crash on the 215 Beltway has been identified.
Close to two dozen people attended a vigil for Rodney and Tanisha Finley on the Strip sidewalk near where the couple was killed, in front of the Fountains of Bellagio.