A 21-year-old man has been booked on a murder charge in connection with a deadly shooting in east Las Vegas early Sunday.
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Las Vegas police are investigating a possible homicide in East Las Vegas early Sunday morning.
Dominic Porter was charged with attempted murder and multiple counts of domestic battery after beating a woman with a hammer in October, according to an arrest report.
A woman was arrested on suspicion of murder Saturday after she got into a fight with her ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, put him in a chokehold and stomped on his head, Las Vegas police said.
Lynwood Young, 32, was arrested in November on suspicion of attempting to rape a stranger as she was walking home in central Las Vegas, according to an arrest report.
Police say the robbery happened at approximately 4:45 p.m. Nov. 8 at a retail store near the 700 block of North Rancho Drive.
North Las Vegas police say an“attempted home invasion” on Wednesday morning left a 55-year-old man dead.
Las Vegas police are searching for possible additional victims after a former nightclub host was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
A 17-year-old student was arrested Friday after a BB gun was found inside his backpack at Basic High School in Henderson, according to school police.
Police, who announced the arrest of Matthew Bidart, 27, on Friday, said the incident for which he was taken into custody did not appear to involve contact with students.
Court records identify the suspected shooter as Jacques Lanier, who was charged in absentia Wednesday with one count of attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
After speaking to residents in the area, Las Vegas police homicide detectives believe the man was shot at least two hours before his body was found early Wednesday.
The 12-year-old girl died after her 17-year-old brother sat on her face and throat for 45 minutes, according to authorities in New Mexico.
A man accused of fatally shooting his 30-year-old son twice during an argument last month “took a picture of him after he was dead,” a prosecutor said Friday.
The tip of the second man’s finger was severed during a scuffle on Nov. 24, when both were placed in holding cell No. 2 on the first floor of the downtown Las Vegas jail.