A mass casualty event was averted when a gunman’s rifle malfunctioned after he fired 24 rounds inside a northwest valley fitness center, police said.
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Akiya Dillon joined the Review-Journal as a metro reporter in August 2024. Akiya grew up in Nevada and moved to North Carolina briefly to study political science, English, and journalism at Duke University. After graduating and completing internships with the Los Angeles Times and Newsday, she returned to Las Vegas to cover breaking news. Akiya is also a Chips Quinn Scholar for Diversity in Media, and in her free time, she enjoys collecting limited-edition sneakers and doing puzzles.
Police: Man killed in alleged break-in at Las Vegas country club home lived in the private community
The Metropolitan Police Department received a call May 4 from a woman who said someone had broken into her home and her husband “had to shoot the intruder.”
Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call reporting the incident in the 800 block of East Twain Avenue.
Patrick Deloriea, 32, died after a Tesla Model Y hit him while he crossed at Rainbow Boulevard and Vegas drive, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
When police arrived on the scene in the 1600 block of Sand Hill Road, they found a woman and a man lying on the living room floor suffering gunshot wounds.
Sara King pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering nearly two years ago. On Monday, a judge ruled that King would spend time in prison and pay the money back in restitution.
The Archdiocese of Las Vegas and local Catholics at the Guardian Angel Cathedral shared their support and solidarity with the newly elected pope.
Crystal Stephens pleaded guilty in February to first-degree kidnapping, child abuse and murder in the 2018 death of 4-year-old Brandon Steckler Jr.
As Arbor View parents and students neared the spot where McKenzie Scott was killed, they said they weren’t surprised that dangerous driving still plagued the area.
Keenan Jackson, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of DUI resulting in death, reckless driving, and driving without a valid license.
McKenzie Scott, 18, was struck and killed by a vehicle, just off the grounds of Arbor View High School. The driver in the case is facing a DUI charge
The Metropolitan Police Department has said that Natalie Burton was struck April 20 by an SUV on West Tropicana Avenue just east of South Conquistador Street.
A man accused of shooting a man to death on the casino floor at the Aliante, fleeing, and leading police on a high-speed chase faces federal charges, records show.
Officers responded to the business after receiving reports that Evan Glusman texted the restaurant staff that he was “going home to get a gun and f—-ing kill them in the middle of” the restaurant.
A woman who was maimed in a shooting last year told reporters that, despite the monthslong investigative efforts of police, there were still “no suspects or leads” in her case.