Las Vegas police on Friday arrested a 31-year-old man suspected in a fatal shooting in the central valley on Wednesday.
Shootings
Police found the 56-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound after receiving a report of a shooting early Tuesday in the central Las Vegas Valley.
A man who exchanged gunfire with a Las Vegas officer Saturday had been intoxicated and hallucinating after days of drinking, his wife told police.
The family of a 60-year-old man who was killed by a Pershing County sheriff’s deputy has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court.
The Clark County coroner’s office said he died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. His death has been ruled a homicide.
The man died of gunshot wounds to the neck and torso, according to the Clark County coroner’s office, which ruled his death a homicide.
The 30-year-old officer who exchanged gunfire with a man on Saturday has been with the department since 2017 and is assigned to the Summerlin area command.
A man exchanged gunfire with officers during a barricade situation early Saturday in southwest Las Vegas, police said.
The armed protester was shot and killed last year on the third straight night of major demonstrations in Las Vegas prompted by the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.
Investigators believe the victim, a man in his 50s, “was a known homeless man who frequented the area,” the department said in a statement Thursday.
Clark County Detention Center records show Tiderrick Thompson, 23, was booked at the Clark County Detention Center Tuesday on suspicion of murder in the May 9 slaying.
Security cameras from several businesses helped Las Vegas police identify a murder suspect arrested last week after he was seen playing video poker minutes before the shooting.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a man who was shot and killed Sunday evening in a northeast Las Vegas home.
A fact-finding review was held Tuesday about the death of 23-year-old Jose Hernandez, who shot himself last year after an hourslong stand off with police.
Las Vegas police say two men were shot in northeast Las Vegas early Tuesday.