Las Vegas police said the man fired 14 shots “indiscriminately” and in “cold blood” at a group of homeless people in 2023.
Noble Brigham
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Noble Brigham started covering breaking news at the Review-Journal in June 2024. He graduated from Brown University in 2024 and previously freelanced for The Providence Journal and interned at the Idaho Statesman and The Virginian-Pilot. He grew up in Philadelphia.
A judge issued the sentence after a man pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a Las Vegas supermarket guard who was trying to stop a theft.
Authorities have accused Paul Hyon Kim of shooting a gun inside vehicles and lighting them on fire with Molotov cocktails at a Tesla service center in Las Vegas.
The man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was found guilty of battery after a jailhouse fight with another inmate.
Suspended Metro Sgt. Kevin Menon’s wife and sister-in-law said Wednesday that bathroom videos prosecutors allege he made of them were consensual, but they did not explain why they were filmed.
Michael “Luke” Atwell’s new bail amount was intended to keep him in custody, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Rebecca Saxe said.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who faces a murder charge in the shooting of Tupac Shakur near the Las Vegas Strip, is accused of fighting with another jail inmate in December.
Duane Davis’ battery trial is scheduled to begin this week. Prosecutors have alleged he and another inmate fought on Dec. 23.
An attorney said the testimony of the suspect’s mother about her communication with her son appeared contradictory because of inadequate interpretation.
Mortensen, now 59, has spent decades behind bars, and could face a retrial or an appeals process after a judge vacated his conviction.
Michael “Luke” Atwell faces 11 new counts of lewdness with a child under 14 and one count of sexual assault of a child under 14.
Ronald Mortensen, now 59, was a young Las Vegas police officer when he was sentenced to life in prison in connection with an off-duty 1996 shooting.
Both are accused of striking each other during a Dec. 23 altercation at the Clark County Detention Center. Both also face murder charges.
Ronald Mortensen, a former Las Vegas police officer convicted of murder in connection with a 1996 shooting death, maintained his innocence.
Authorities have alleged he is the person who vandalized at least five Teslas in the early hours of March 18.