More than a dozen people have been attacked in a series of random paintball gun shootings over the past month, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
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Police were called about 12:50 p.m. to a business near Decatur Boulevard and Cactus Avenue. The suspect was described as a white man, 25 to 35 years old.
A weather system brought a sprinkling of rain to parts of the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday, and cooler temperatures are expected for the weekend, the National Weather Service said.
An off-duty Las Vegas police officer shot and killed a dog after it attacked a smaller dog Friday in the east valley, animal control documents show.
Federal investigators are asking for help identifying a man who stole a U.S. Postal Service truck Saturday morning in the central valley.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s honor guard on Saturday raffled a custom semiautomatic rifle with the Las Vegas Strip skyline and the words “Vegas Strong” engraved on the barrel.
Police responded just after 2 p.m. after multiple reports of a shooting on the 3800 block of Via Lucia Drive, near Alexander and Pecos roads.
An inmate at a Northern Nevada prison has died, prison officials said Tuesday.
Cameron James Kennedy, 26, was charged with robbery in the armed holdup of a casino cage at New York-New York, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and a federal criminal complaint filed last week.
Las Vegas police arrested a man Monday afternoon after receiving reports that he was intoxicated, being belligerent and holding a gun at a central valley apartment complex.
Temperatures will reach 78 degrees on Tuesday, followed by a high of 69 on Wednesday, the weather service said. Lows through Wednesday are expected to be in the high 50s.
Monday and Tuesday will bring highs of 74 and 77, respectively, the weather service said. Temperatures are expected to dip slightly Wednesday to a high of 72 degrees. The normal high this time of year is 69.
The Metropolitan Police Department wants to increase its operating budget by nearly $29 million for the next fiscal year, according to a department proposal.
Las Vegas police arrested a man who was found unconscious in his running car with a semi-automatic rifle and extra ammunition Wednesday afternoon in a central valley parking lot.
The accident happened about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of South Lamb and East Charleston boulevards, police said.