A 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed Sunday when a Porsche driven by a 70-year-old woman turned into her path, according to Las Vegas police.
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Brett Clarkson was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Humber College's journalism program in 2002. He has lived in various places including Toronto, Los Angeles, South Florida, Northern Virginia, and now, Las Vegas. Before joining the Review-Journal in 2022 he worked at the Niagara Falls Review, Toronto Sun, and South Florida Sun Sentinel, contributing to the Sun Sentinel's coverage of the 2018 Parkland shooting, which earned the paper the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal For Public Service. He is the father of two children and has a dog named Julio.
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Yetundi Yvonne Negitra Maples, 46, was shot dead inside her home. Her son, 6, talked to her accused killer before running to a neighbor’s for help.
The woman would later be arrested on suspicion of killing her 62-year-old mother in their Las Vegas home.