A man who was sent to Nevada’s death row nearly eight years ago for the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl inside her Las Vegas home has died.
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Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.
The victim was found dead in a vacant lot on April 28.
Justice of the Peace Ann Zimmerman approved the order during a hearing in which Kayla Alery, 27, made a brief appearance, shackled in blue jail garb.
The 17-year-old is the fifth person arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in an apartment in the northwest Las Vegas Valley in early January.
Joshua Dilley, 38, was found dead Saturday along with another man in the 3000 block of Decatur Boulevard.
Suspects Cristobal Omar Perez, 31, and Kylee Au Yong, 21, were taken into custody by law enforcement Thursday, Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said at a news briefing.
The shooting occurred about 6:15 p.m. near Sands Avenue and Paradise Road, according to police.
The man shot by Las Vegas police after allegedly stealing a tow truck and later barricading himself inside a home has been identified.
The homeless man who was shot dead has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
A 16-year-old was arrested Friday in the shooting of an adult teenager on an RTC bus and the accidental shooting of a toddler.
A man was fatally shot Friday morning in southern Las Vegas, and his ex-wife was in handcuffs.
One person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting near UNLV reported late Thursday night.
A 22-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 11 to 28 years in prison for shooting two people in October, killing one.
A North Las Vegas man is accused of murder after police said he killed a man while the two worked on refurbishing a pool in November.