Last week’s fatal shooting involving a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper began with a drug deal, the agency said Thursday.
Shootings
A judge on Wednesday granted unusual requests for three people prosecutors said spent years swindling nearly a million dollars from a man before he was shot and killed.
A group of people was attacked early Wednesday morning in the southeast valley. About 1:30 a.m., three people were walking near a pool at the Arcadia Palms apartment complex, at 3655 E. Sahara Ave., near Boulder Highway, Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Michael Rodriguez said. They were approached by three men, one of whom had a gun.
The Nevada Highway Patrol trooper who fatally shot a man during a traffic stop last week has been identified as Shawn Peckham.
Police on Tuesday identified a man they said “shoulder checked” and shot another man Sunday outside Planet Hollywood Resort.
An early Tuesday morning shooting that Las Vegas police believe was accidental has left one man in the hospital and officers with a number of unanswered questions.
A child was hospitalized after an accidental shooting Sunday night in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
The Clark County coroner has identified the man who died after a shooting in Henderson on Saturday morning.
A man was shot in front of the Planet Hollywood Miracle Mile on the Las Vegas strip early Sunday morning, Metropolitan Police said.
A man is dead after an overnight shooting in North Las Vegas.
A tiny star pinned to the chest of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper may have saved his life early Friday.
Police said a group of black and Hispanic males had been arguing near the woman, and after a dispute, at least one in the group fired several shots. Two bullets hit the woman in the leg.
The Clark County coroner on Monday identified the man whose body was found with apparent gunshot wounds in a northeast valley backyard Saturday afternoon.
Las Vegas police officers involved in the New Year’s Eve shooting of an unarmed man did not attempt to use non-lethal force to subdue him before they opened fire, according to a public fact-finding review held Monday.
Defense attorneys for a man facing a murder trial next week want to prevent Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson’s television show “Las Vegas Law” from filming in court.