The father was “manipulating” his .22-caliber rifle while his adult friend and young daugther were in the room when the gun went off and the child was struck.
Shootings
Las Vegas police are looking for two suspects in connection with the shooting death of a man found dead in his south valley home Saturday afternoon.
The man, who was shot once in the back, was taken to University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery for serious but not life-threatening injuries, Metro said.
New facts emerged Friday morning at a Clark County fact-finding review of the incident showing that James Smyth had changed in the months before school police officers fatally shot him.
Las Vegas police arrested a man on drug charges Friday after another man was found with a gunshot wound.
Las Vegas police are looking for suspects in an early Friday morning shooting downtown.
A man was several times at an apartment complex east of downtown Las Vegas early Wednesday.
The man shot and killed at a Halloween party early Sunday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
Family and friends identified Sydney Elysse Land and Nehemiah “Neo” Kauffman as the 20-something couple found dead inside a southwest Las Vegas apartment Thursday afternoon.
Nearly 300 people gathered for a candlelight vigil earlier this week for a man who was shot and killed near the Caesars Palace employee parking garage Friday night.
Police arrested a suspect, 33-year-old Steven Lewis, in connection with the shooting at a residence on the 1300 block of Sun Point Drive near North Jones Boulevard. Lewis and the man who was shot were reportedly in a dating relationship with the same woman, police said.
Metro said the shooting at the parking garage Saturday evening occurred after a dispute between two men in a car, and may have been drug-related.
A Las Vegas man facing the death penalty in the slaying of a 75-year-old woman should not be allowed to cover his neo-Nazi tattoos with makeup when he goes to trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
A man shooting a gun from a car on southbound Interstate 15 struck two people in another car Saturday morning, injuring a man and killing a woman, Las Vegas police said.
A man in his 20s was shot in the leg Sunday night in southeastern Las Vegas.
A woman is dead and a 45-year-old man is in custody after barricading himself in the backyard of his Summerlin home for hours Tuesday afternoon after a fatal shooting.