The man who was killed by Henderson police on Tuesday was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Wednesday.
Jesse Vigil, 51, was shot by two officers about 3:30 a.m. after he stabbed one of them in the upper leg during a traffic stop near a 7-Eleven near Horizon Drive and Boulder Highway, police said.
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Tracy Walker, 30, was pulled over at about 2 a.m. in the area of Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard, and was booked into the Clark County Detention Center after failing a set of field sobriety tests, police said.
The inmate was pronounced dead on Oct. 16, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
A North Las Vegas man who was jailed following a string of shootings there is also suspected in multiple shootings on the Strip, according to an arrest report.
In footage released Wednesday, Aaron Goodwin is exploring an abandoned medical complex in Downey, California, before he stops abruptly to check his phone.
An elderly couple were found dead Tuesday afternoon in the west Las Vegas Valley, and police suspect a murder-suicide might have occurred.
Residents have wasted no time reporting vehicles with expired, invalid, or missing registrations through the Nevada DMV’s new online spotter program.
As of 8 a.m., the National Weather Service in Las Vegas said a few gauges picked up as much as 0.04 inches of rain from these storms.
A man was taken to Sunrise Hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a car in east Las Vegas, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The lawyer representing the officers says police acted in self-defense. The family’s lawyer says they used excessive force.
A 26-year-old Henderson man died Oct. 15 in an incident in the 6200 block of South Valley View Boulevard near Sunset Road.
