Sheriff Kevin McMahill touted a reduction in violent crime in an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, but raised concerns about fentanyl.
Homicides
The boy was shot and killed at a Las Vegas apartment on Labor Day. An 18-year-old man has been arrested and faces a murder charge.
No arrests have been made in a July 8 fatal shooting of Wilford Venable Jr. Las Vegas police say they are investigating the killing as a potential self-defense case.
A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy at a Las Vegas apartment on Labor Day.
Police responded to a report of a male shot at an apartment in the northeast Las Vegas Valley at about 4:42 p.m. Monday.
Ricky Lee Trader is accused of killing Theresa Romano, 28. A key witness in the case was represented by the public defender’s office in 2011 and 2019.
A teenager has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting last week in the central Las Vegas Valley.
Police said officers they found the two near a business shortly before 1:40 a.m., according to police.
The mother of Jonathan Lewis, who was beaten to death outside Rancho High School, said no one was being held accountable for his killing.
A shooting occurred about 3:45 a.m. Aug. 12 on the 3900 block of Palos Verdes Street, according to police. A man was found dead in a car nearby.
Police said the victim was in an apartment with other juveniles when “somebody heard a gunshot and then our victim came out of a room.”
Several jurors told the Review-Journal that Robert Telles didn’t help himself by taking the witness stand at his murder trial.
The executive director of the Society of Professional Journalists said “violence of any kind against journalists has no place in American life.”
A jury sentenced Robert Telles to life in prison with the chance of parole after 20 years, but a judge can add more time to his minimum penalty with enhancements.
The 19-year-old victim had been on the front porch of a residence when he had a brief conversation with somebody and was shot, police said.