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Mother, son killed in Friday shooting ID’d

A woman and her son killed Friday in a south valley shooting in which the shooter turned the gun on himself were identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Sunday.

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Ambush that killed two Metro cops in 2014 lasted 4 seconds, testimony shows

Jerad and Amanda Miller were defiant until the very end. Cornered after slaying three people and expecting their own deaths, the couple kept up the police-hating rhetoric investigators would later find immortalized in a self-glorifying shrine.

 
Inmate’s survivors sue police over fatal struggle in jail

A second civil rights lawsuit has been filed by survivors of an inmate who died after a 2013 struggle with officers at the Clark County Detention Center.

 
Metro officer shot near Rainbow and Alta; 2 people in custody

A Las Vegas police officer shot before daylight Friday came through surgery fine, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said, but one man’s wound leaves a mark on the whole department.

Henderson police shoot, kill gunman at hotel

Henderson police shot and killed an armed man when he “engaged” them after a disturbance call to a hotel Saturday morning, a police spokeswoman said.

Police need help finding man in Henderson bank robbery

A robber entered the bank at 75 S. Valle Verde Dr., near Green Valley Parkway and the 215 Beltway, about 5:30 p.m. Friday and pointed a gun at a bank employee, Henderson police wrote in a release Friday night.

Judge Ramsey petitions to halt recall, cites state law

A North Las Vegas municipal judge is trying to end an effort to remove her from the bench, arguing judges cannot be recalled by popular vote under the Nevada Constitution.

Rancho teacher faces charges involving sex with student

A Rancho High School history teacher was arrested Thursday on numerous charges, including having sex with a pupil, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and kidnapping.