Nye County police have arrested a man in connection with a Pahrump wedding shooting that left two people wounded.
Angel Meraz-Salcido, 49, was taken into custody on charges of attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon, aiming or discharging a firearm at a person, child abuse or neglect and mayhem.
Meraz-Salcido’s bail was set at $717,500. Police continue to investigate the shooting.
The officer who shot and killed Brandon Durham on Nov. 12 was dispatched to his house after Durham called to trespass a “house guest” on Nov. 10, police records show.
During a 911 call, Brandon Durham said the person who broke into his home was “going to kill everyone” and begged officers to “send someone ASAP.”
The family of Brandon Durham, who was killed by police after calling 911 to report a break-in, is pushing for the arrest of the officer who shot him.
The fatal police shooting of Brandon Durham has prompted outrage from Durham’s family and a range of opinions from law enforcement and police use-of-force experts.
In a lawsuit, Martha Carbajal, 45, sought medical, wage loss, and other damages from Nevada HAND, a non-profit that develops low-income housing complexes.
The man shot and killed by a Las Vegas police officer earlier this week was shot after calling 911 to report that his home was being broken into, police said.
An officer with the Metropolitan Police Department shot and killed a man in the southeast Las Vegas Valley.
A taxi’s dashcam helped police identify a suspect in the shooting death of a man whose body was found inside a crashed car last month.
The shooting victim was found in front of an apartment in the 4000 block of Adabella Avenue.
Robert Brown was sentenced to death this month for the 2012 killing of his girlfriend — the first time in more than five years a Nevada jury has sentenced someone to die.
