Law enforcement, faith groups, casino representatives and local homeless support organizations teamed up late Friday on the Las Vegas Strip to combat crime and assist the homeless.
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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.
Both directions of U.S. Highway 95 were temporarily closed Thursday night as authorities negotiated with a man they feared might jump from a bridge, according to law enforcement.
A person was ejected from a car and was in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash Thursday in central Las Vegas, police said.
Four middle school students were pepper-sprayed moments after exiting a school bus at a southwest valley stop Wednesday afternoon, a Las Vegas parent said.
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 challenger for Clark County’s top cop job said he is running to bring police transparency and accountability after the Oct. 1 mass shooting.
A moped rider drove into the back of a garbage truck Saturday afternoon in the southeast valley, Las Vegas police said.
Traffic deaths across the state decreased for the first time since 2011, but more pedestrians died in Nevada than at any point in the state’s history, officials announced Friday.
He was Edward J. Delgado, 73, of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner’s office said. He died of inhaling combustion products, and his death was ruled an accident.
Police didn’t yet know if either of Martin’s two bullets struck Alan Keith Baker, 42, but police know Baker shot himself in the head, Assistant Sheriff Charles Hank said. Baker was hospitalized at University Medical Center and was on life support Thursday afternoon, Hank said.
A recently indicted Las Vegas police officer was taken into custody early Thursday after an hourslong standoff with police in the northwest valley.
A baby girl police said died after she was smothered by her father has been identified.
An officer shot at a man who was threatening to harm himself and pointed a gun at officers, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The suspect faces two counts of assault on a protected person with a deadly weapon, jail records show.
People riding horses found his body in the desert just after 12:55 p.m. near Coldcreek and Bugling Bull roads, the Metropolitan Police Department said.