in brief
PARKING LOT VIOLENCE
Man, 40, fatally shot at apartment complex
A 40-year-old man was shot and killed in the parking lot in front of his central valley apartment complex Saturday night.
Las Vegas police said the shooting took place at 8:41 p.m. at the Shepherd Hills Townhomes, 1950 Simmons St., near Vegas and Rancho drives. The man had just taken his children into his apartment and returned to his vehicle in the parking lot when he was shot.
He was taken to a hospital, where he died. His name was not released.
Police did not release any suspect descriptions.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the department's homicide section at 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 385-5555.
LOGANDALE MAN WAS VICTIM
Man dies after crashing into barrier
A 26-year-old Logandale man died after crashing a BMW into a concrete barrier in the far northwest valley Saturday evening.
The man, identified as Nathaniel Allen, was driving a 750Li sedan at a high rate of speed on northbound Hualapai Way toward the intersection of Grand Teton Drive, according to Las Vegas police.
Hualapai ends at Grand Teton. For reasons unknown, Allen failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection and struck the concrete barrier on the north side of the road.
The car became airborne, struck a large dirt berm and vaulted into the desert, police said. It came to rest on its passenger side.
Allen was taken to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The crash was the 75th fatal accident Las Vegas police have handled this year.
GREEN ENERGY
Carson City company's product earns awards
A machine that converts industrial heat into electricity has drawn several national and local awards for a Carson City company.
ElectraTherm Inc. began distributing the 5-foot-by- 5-foot device last month.
Last month, Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology gave ElectraTherm a "Green Company of the Year" award.
Florida Canyon Mine north of Lovelock is one of the company's first customers.
