Authorities said Tyson Hampton shot Truong Thai in October 2022, as the officer responded to a domestic violence call from Hampton’s wife.
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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.
The lawsuit alleged that officers Brayden McMahill and Glenn Obsenares had no tactical plan when they entered the property, and that Obsenares was holding Raider’s leash loosely.
A 12-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a DUI suspect while walking to school, according to police.
The event included a minute of silence for victims of the shooting and remarks from Gov. Joe Lombardo and Sheriff Kevin McMahill.
Prosecutors said that video surveillance showed Isaiah Pierce and Yusuf Mosley in a quarrel before Pierce “sucker punched” Mosley, knocking him back.
Pierce McFarland, 23, was arrested after a shooting on Sept. 24, when police said he fired rounds near the entrance of Nellis Air Force Base and pointed his gun at security personnel.
The federal lawsuit alleges that Roblox Corp. put “profits over safety,” which caused the child to become addicted to the online game.
A veteran skydiver pointed to what he said is the relative rarity of accidents as the industry says statistics point to fewer annual deaths each decade since the 1970s.
A Las Vegas man who killed four people in a July shooting at an office building in Manhattan had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, also known as CTE, according to the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
Alice Martinez filed a lawsuit alleging her middle school student, Flora, faced ongoing bullying and emotional abuse from other students during the 2023-2024 school year.
The malfunction stopped 67-year-old Anthony Polito from firing additional shots at two university police officers.
Two skydivers went into an uncontrollable spin when their parachute malfunctioned before they plummeted into the desert south of Las Vegas, a police report said.
Jaime Bustillos Jr. was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on nine counts, including attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon and other gun-related charges.
A fundraiser posted online by a coworker stated that Peter Sampson had been working in the mental health field since 2019.
Deangelo Sneed, 20, has been charged with one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an incident on Aug. 30.
