Shanita Hearns, 34, of Las Vegas shot at Henderson Police officers after stealing a truck from a gas station at Horizon Drive and Horizon Ridge Parkway in Henderson on May 31. She was eventually arrested near Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard after Nevada Highway Patrol officers jumped a median to ram into the side of the truck. (Henderson Police Department)
Henderson police received a call around 8:05 a.m. Saturday about an incident at a business in the 2700 block of North Green Valley Parkway. A patron outside the business told officers there was a man who stated, “Get someone here right away. I’m going to stab someone.”
Lt. Isaac Henn talks about the implementation of body-worn cameras in the Henderson Police Department. (Bizuayehu tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Lt. Kirk Moore of the public information office of the city of Henderson police department speaks to the Review-Journal in Henderson, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Henderson saw a slight increase in homicides in the past year. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Henderson Police Department Lt. Kirk Moore briefs the media on a fatal shooting at Green Valley Ranch casino in Henderson on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (Briana Erickson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Body cam footage of an officer-involved shooting involving the Henderson Police Department on Sept. 13, 2018. (Henderson Police Department)
Body cam footage of an officer-involved shooting involving the Henderson Police Department on Sept. 22, 2018. (Henderson Police Department)
Henderson police released body-worn camera footage of an officer-involved shooting in a grocery store parking lot at 2667 Windmill Parkway on Aug. 12, 2018. (Henderson Police Department)
Las Vegas Metro police and Henderson police officers ride their bikes during the Vegas Team’s last practice rides in preparation for the Police Unity Tour from New Jersey to Washington D.C. to commemorate fallen officers. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review Journal @bizutesfaye
Rod Pena of the Henderson Police Department provides information about Friday’s triple shooting at the Terrible Herbst Car Wash & Lube in Henderson.
Henderson police are investigating a possible murder-suicide at Parkway Townhomes.
Police received a call around 5:30 a.m. from the complex at Windmill Parkway and North Pecos Road. When police entered an apartment they found a man and a woman dead with apparent gunshot wounds.
This is Henderson’s first homicide of 2018.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Henderson Police, North Las Vegas Police, Nevada Highway Patrol and other departments came together for a day of celebrating law enforcement. Community members got to see police dogs, SWAT vehicles, and a search and rescue helicopter, among other things. (Patrick Connolly)
1. A Las Vegas police officer used a Taser on a man 7 times before using a chokehold for more than a minute Sunday before his death. According to police, officer Kenneth Lopera believed Tashi Brown was attempting to carjack someone outside of The Venetian when Lopera used a Taser on Brown 7 times, struck him and administered a chokehold before Brown became unresponsive. The driver of the truck says he didn’t feel he was being carjacked and Brown would not have faced any charges had he survived. Officer Lopera is currently on paid leave while Brown’s death is investigated.
2. Henderson police chief Patrick Moers faces an internal investigation after he sent out mailers to local businesses promoting Friends of Henderson Police Department Foundation, which Moers said was the department’s only authorized fundraising group. Henderson Mayor Debra March said she was concerned by the mailer and a spokesman with the police department says the city is reviewing its policies in regards to charitable activities.
3. UFC president Dana White and Conor McGregor have agreed on a deal to fight boxer Floyd Mayweather. White said late Wednesday that UFC and McGregor came to terms on a deal and now they must work on a deal with Mayweather’s team. Terms have yet to be released.
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A Henderson police officer was hospitalized Wednesday morning after he was shot or struck by shrapnel during a fatal officer-involved shooting. Police spokeswoman Kathleen Richards said the officer was in good condition. The incident occurred near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Gibson Road about 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning June 11, 2014.
