The 21-year-old North Las Vegas resident died at University Medical Center.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
The newspaper swept the Human Rights Reporting category in the awards organized by the Las Vegas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
This week, Protective Force International is deploying most of its 260 officers along the tourist corridor for the upcoming NFL draft.
The shooting stemmed from an longstanding fight between two suspects and another man about “money obtained through covid loans.”
The 45 fatalities investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department from Jan. 1 to April 15 was a 25 percent hike from the same time period in 2021, Metro figures show.
Metropolitan Police Department Brian Boxler said the shooting occurred about 11:20 a.m. at 955 E. Twain Ave., near Cambridge Street.
Dwight Smith, 28, was arrested after he entered Interstate 15 in the wrong direction near Russell Road, according to his arrest report.
Miguel Cardona was in Las Vegas to discuss pandemic-era mental wellness challenges, and to tout the Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act.
Sharon Williams said she was displeased with a fact-finding review on Monday where authorities presented evidence in the death of her son who was killed by Las Vegas police.
A fight escalated into a shooting that left one dead and another wounded early Sunday outside a downtown Las Vegas nightclub.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Monday reported 14,559 new COVID-19 cases and 39 deaths over weekend.
Amanda Brooks was in a south Las Vegas convenience store when a random shooter killed her boyfriend in her car, before targeting those inside on Nov. 4.
A woman accused of fatally stabbing a man last year in a drainage tunnel was ordered held without bail Wednesday after she waived her right to a preliminary hearing.
Bond was set at $350,000 Wednesday for a suspect accused of fatally shooting a man outside a west valley tavern this month following what a Las Vegas police detective homicide described a “chance encounter.”