Shortly after the shooter was released, he and his twin brother—both 16 —began posting threatening messages and displaying weapons on Instagram, according to the slain teen’s father.
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Anthony Aguilar, 18, and Carlos Blakely, 19, who were arrested in connection with the killing of Joey Perry, appeared before Justice of the Peace Kirk Vitto in Pahrump on Thursday morning.
Brandon Farber died suddenly after a July 2023 incident at Life Time Green Valley, where he suffered “seizure-like activity,” the lawsuit states.
Prosecutors argued that the guard “abused her authority” while trying to diffuse a physical altercation outside a northwest valley convenience store that left a 56-year-old man dead.
Rita Colon, who was arrested in Peru in 2017, still faces a murder charge in a second killing.
Setting off illegal fireworks can devastate an entire block, Clark County Fire Chief Thomas Touchstone warned during a news conference ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.
A Tuesday windstorm brought gusts up to 70 mph, damaging trees and power lines in the eastern valley. Crews were still working to restore power.
Ronald Mortensen, who has been incarcerated for nearly 30 years, serving a life without parole sentence for the 1996 off-duty, drive-by shooting of Daniel Mendoza, 21, admitted to two felony counts.
Newly released body camera footage shows the first police officer to enter Stephen Paddock’s hotel room after the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, despite previous statements from authorities that the video did not exist.
Patrick Odale was pronounced dead at Southern Desert Correctional Center on Dec. 28, 2023. The Clark County coroner’s office ruled that he died by “positional and mechanical asphyxia in the setting of law enforcement restraint.”
The shooting occurred in the 5100 block of Hickham Avenue, near North Buffalo Drive and West Craig Road.
In Michael Winkler’s arrest report, his family members suggested that he was “plastered” and forgetting to let the dogs out of his locked car in the garage.
Shirley Raines, the founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz, a nonprofit that feeds and provides cosmetic services to those in need, has partnered with a local gourmet donut shop to create a peach cobbler pastry inspired by her own recipe.
Las Vegas officials said roads will be improved around Arbor View High School after 18-year-old McKenzie Scott was killed in a marked crosswalk by an alleged drunk driver.
Court and Metropolitan Police Department arrest records indicate that 28-year-old Alexis Herrera faces one count of theft.