One resident was accidentally shot by another in the confusion of an attempted robbery that led to a suspected robber’s death in the northeast Las Vegas Valley early Monday, police said.
Homicides
The first court appearance for a woman accused of stabbing her husband to death in front of their children over the weekend was postponed after she refused to attend.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the 17-year-old boy who was found shot to death last week behind a commercial property on Sunset Road.
“Mommy was squeezing daddy very tight and stabbed daddy,” the oldest of the couple’s children told paramedics who responded to the 911 call on Saturday.
One man was killed and a second was critically injured in a shooting in northeast Las Vegas early Monday.
Jail records identified the 40-year-old woman accused of stabbing her husband to death in front of three children Saturday at an extended-stay hotel near the Strip.
A 40-year-old woman stabbed her husband multiple times, Metro homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said. Three young children were present, but uninjured.
Henderson police arrested a 44-year-old man on a murder charge Thursday in the shooting death of a 17-year-old.
Jaime Zuniga, 34, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the murder of Edward Turner during a 2015 robbery.
A woman accused of killing her ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend early Saturday in Las Vegas in a frenzied attack maintains she didn’t stab him.
Kody Harlan, 19, and Jaiden Caruso, 18, were found guilty in August of murder and robbery with a deadly weapon in connection with the death of Matthew Minkler.
A woman accused of killing her ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend will not be granted bail due to a pending domestic violence case filed against her by the ex-girlfriend.
A newly released police report details a Las Vegas man’s slaying early Sunday as he and his father confronted a truck burglary suspect in east Las Vegas.
The Henderson Police Department released 911 audio and body camera footage from a fatal officer-involved shooting from Nov. 20.
The suspects are accused in the Oct. 17 shooting of a Las Vegas man who bought $200 worth of marijuana with counterfeit bills.