A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer was wounded in a shooting in the east valley Friday evening. A second was injured in a car crash rushing to the scene.
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.
A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of rapper Blueface after he allegedly violated parole and probation conditions, District Court records show.
A man accused in a fatal Las Vegas stabbing a week ago was arrested in Kentucky.
A 20-year-old pedestrian hit by a pickup truck on an east Las Vegas sidewalk earlier this year has died.
Half of the 30 people killed in Las Vegas Valley crashes during the first month of 2024 were pedestrians, according to an analysis of fatalities.
Metropolitan Police Department officials provided an update Wednesday about a cold case homicide from 1991.
A person was shot just east of the Strip on Tuesday afternoon. A suspect was later arrested.
The crash happened in the 3800 block of Hollywood Boulevard south of East Desert Inn Road.
One person was killed and another suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting after they chased people who had robbed them, Las Vegas police said.
Three people were shot in a North Las Vegas neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
The crash happened Saturday afternoon near Ann Road and Durango Drive.
Las Vegas police said a man stabbed a woman east of the Strip.
The Metropolitan Police Department responded Thursday evening to a hotel in the 200 block of Fremont Street.
A complaint filed this week alleges that social media posts attributed to District Judge Erika Ballou violated Nevada’s code of judicial conduct.
North Las Vegas police on Friday announced the arrest of a teenager connected to a fatal Halloween night shooting.
