IN BRIEF

BARGAIN MOTEL SLAYING

Gunshot victim identified as 19-year-old Las Vegas man

A Las Vegas man shot to death inside a downtown motel Sunday was identified Monday.

De Shaun Burley, 19, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Clark County coroner's office. His death was ruled a homicide.

Las Vegas police responded to the shooting at 1:29 a.m. Sunday at the Bargain Motel, 200 S. Eighth St., at Carson Avenue.

Officers found the man dead from a gunshot wound, police said. Homicide investigators said that Burley had been in an argument with the suspect, who pulled a gun and shot the victim.

Police said witnesses told them the suspect fled the scene. He is described as a black man, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, wearing dark clothing.

Anybody with information on the crime is encouraged to call the homicide section at 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 385-5555.

DRIVER ARRESTED

Crash victim ID'd by coroner as 28-year-old from Las Vegas

A Las Vegas man killed by a driver alleged to have been drunk on Friday was identified Monday.

Paul Maidman, 28, from Las Vegas, died from multiple blunt force trauma, according to the Clark County coroner's office.

Police said Miranda Dalton, 29, was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee west on Cheyenne Avenue, near Rampart Boulevard, when she hit a Buick Century early Friday morning.

The Buick's driver, later identified as Maidman, was pronounced dead at University Medical Center, police said.

Dalton was booked into Clark County Detention Center on Friday morning.

50-YEAR-OLD MAN

Name released of Flamingo Road pedestrian killed by car

A 50-year-old man struck and killed by a car while crossing Flamingo Road on Friday was identified Monday.

John Charles Perry died from multiple injuries from a motor vehicle striking a pedestrian, according to the Clark County coroner's office. Perry's state and city of residence weren't known by authorities.

Las Vegas police said Perry was walking outside of the marked crosswalk near the intersection of Flamingo Road and Maryland Parkway about 7:35 p.m. when he was fatally struck. Police said he was crossing from the south side of Flamingo to the north side.

A vehicle described as a four-door sedan was traveling west on Flamingo when it hit the pedestrian. Police said that the car sustained front-end damage and that the driver fled the scene.

LAUGHLIN-BULLHED CITY, ARIZ.

Highway agency weighs site for bridge over Colorado River

The communities of Bullhead City, Ariz., and Laughlin are expected to know by September whether the Federal Highway Administration will sign off on Bullhead Parkway as the preferred site for a second bridge linking the communities.

Federal highway staff ruled out the previously preferred site of Riverview Drive. The highway administration ruled the bridge would have a more than minimal impact on adjacent Rotary Park in Bullhead City, thereby killing the Riverview alternative.

The bridge is slated for completion in 2014 at a cost of $50 million to $60 million.

Both communities currently use a bridge over the Colorado River below Davis Dam.

LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZ.

Woman struck, killed by truck is identified as 29-year-old

Lake Havasu City police in Arizona have identified the woman who was killed Sunday after she lay down in the street outside her home and was struck by a vehicle.

Sgt. Joe Harrold said Glorianna Begay, 29, died at the scene of the 1:49 a.m. incident in the 2900 block of North Kiowa Boulevard.

Harrold said Begay and her husband had argued about finances. At some point, he said, Begay put herself in the street and was struck by a 1992 four-door Buick.

The driver was not injured or cited, Harrold said.

Harrold said police responded to a domestic quarrel between the couple at their home earlier this year. Alcohol consumption by Begay is thought to have been a factor.

INTERSTATE 40

Name released of Texas man killed walking on exit ramp

Arizona authorities have released the name of the Lubbock, Texas, man who was struck and killed by a Ford pickup while he was walking in the travel lane of an Interstate 40 exit ramp Thursday.

The Department of Public Safety said Clemen Kraul, 72, died at the scene of the 8:24 p.m. accident about 17 miles west of Kingman, Ariz.

Department spokesman Harrold Sanders said Kraul's recreational vehicle was not far from the collision scene. It wasn't clear why he had parked the vehicle and was walking. The accident remains under investigation.