Three alleged MS-13 gang members appeared Wednesday in a Las Vegas courtroom to face charges in the kidnapping and murder of a rival gang member whose body was found mutilated on federal property in Southern Nevada.
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Five members of the MS-13 gang were responsible for a string of killings that left 10 people dead in Clark County in the past year, Las Vegas police announced Monday.
A man who police said shot and killed another man before turning the gun on himself has been identified as Domingo Alonso, 78.
The man who died was Yaphette Johnson, 24, the Clark County coroner’s office said. He died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Officers are interested in speaking to anybody with knowledge of who last spoke with Angel Gutierrez, 37, before he was shot about 7:50 p.m. Dec. 1 on the 4000 block of East Bonanza Road, near Lamb Boulevard.
Clark County has stopped releasing autopsy reports for all 58 victims of the Oct. 1 mass shooting, despite a district judge’s ruling that the reports are public records.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding two persons of interest in a Feb. 3 deadly shooting outside a market on the 3900 block of Owens Avenue, near Pecos Road.
A man in his 30s was killed by a stray bullet Tuesday night in a neighborhood north of the Strip, Las Vegas police said.
A judge on Friday ordered the Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Associated Press to destroy their copies of an autopsy report for an Oct. 1 mass shooting victim, siding with the privacy concerns of the victim’s widow.
Prosecutors charged Marcus Maddox, 30, with attempted murder in Nov. 19 attack on his wife, but didn’t charge him with murder in his daughter’s death and attempted murder in his son’s stabbing until Jan. 18, after the son identified him.
After the third homeless person was killed this week, Las Vegas police said Friday they are working hard to solve the crimes and asked for the public’s help.
Federal prosecutors in Nevada have charged Arizona resident Douglas Haig with conspiracy to manufacture and sell armor-piercing ammunition.
Las Vegas police said the man was shot, during what was likely a drug deal, about 6:10 p.m. at The Enclaves, 8455 W. Sahara Ave., near South Durango Drive.
A man authorities think killed his wife asked officers to shoot him before they opened fire, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday.
A man accused of killing another man because he thought his music was too loud had complained about the problem in the days leading up to the deadly shooting, police documents show.