A bullet pierced Metropolitan Police Department officer Truong Thai’s bulletproof vest, killing him. A heavier vest exists that could have saved Thai’s life, but it’s up to officers to choose whether to wear it.
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Nationwide, homicides increased 50 percent in a three-year period, and aggravated assaults increased 36 percent, according to the study.
A man died Tuesday morning after he was shot next to Sunrise Mountain High School.
A 30-year-old man was beaten to death last month at a car show in downtown Las Vegas, according to a newly released arrest report.
The unsure shuttle bus manager called police that night after an employee sold a bus ticket to Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, an escaped murderer attempting to flee the country.
Las Vegas police released body camera footage Thursday evening from the scene where Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was killed.
Audio released by the Metropolitan Police Department Wednesday captured the tragic moments eight people were stabbed on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Yoni Barrios, 32, was arrested Thursday and appeared briefly in court Friday afternoon wearing orange hand restraints. He faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of murder.
Politicians, survivors and victims’ families gathered together to shed tears and share hugs on the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting, which killed 60 and injured hundreds.
Those interested in participating may submit creative ideas until Oct. 31. As of Friday, 72 people had submitted ideas.
As the fifth anniversary of the massacre approached, five longtime Metropolitan Police Department officers opened up about what they experienced that night.
Monique Grindler Tagliaferri survived the Las Vegas shooting five years ago, but the panic attacks that followed proved to be deadly for her.
Metro officers are working with the U.S. Marshals Service in the search for Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, who escaped from the Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs.
“These people come to Vegas and do things they regret later, and they are just trying to find someone to blame,” Zeng Fu Lin said in an interview Tuesday.
A survivor of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting is hoping to open a new chapter Saturday by getting married on the fifth anniversary of the worst day of her life.