Police arrested Michael Gardenhire, 49, on a murder charge after his adult son was found dead in an apartment in the southwest valley.
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Las Vegas police said a 50-year-old man shot and killed his son late Tuesday at a southwest valley apartment complex.
Three children were shot dead by their father inside a bedroom within the family’s apartment sometime Wednesday. The father also killed the children’s mother — his wife — outside of a Walgreens at 6101 W. Lake Mead Boulevard before ultimately killing himself.
A man wanted in connection to a February murder was killed early Saturday after he entered a central valley apartment armed and was shot by one of its residents, Las Vegas police confirmed Wednesday, and the case he was wanted in connection to has since been closed.
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