The Office of Traffic Safety on Thursday reported decreases in the number of fatal crashes in Nevada during March and April compared to last year.
Katelyn Newberg
Katelyn joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s metro desk in June after graduating from the University of Florida. She previously worked with the paper in the summer of 2017 as an intern on the business desk. Before graduating college she was the editor in chief of the Independent Florida Alligator. She was born and raised in Orlando, Florida.
The Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday identified the officer who fatally shot a 40-year-old man armed with a sword Tuesday in the east Las Vegas Valley.
While crashes and traffic volume have significantly decreased during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said they haven’t seen enough of a decrease in DUI arrests.
A man fatally shot at an east valley apartment complex Tuesday night was killed during a drug deal, Las Vegas police said.
A 33-year-old man arrested in Minnesota is awaiting extradition to Henderson in connection with a March shooting that critically injured another man, police said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Metro said Wednesday that he was homeless and “known to sleep in the area.”
Las Vegas police are investigating after a man with a sword was fatally shot by officers on Tuesday morning in the east valley.
Even as some meatpacking plants across the country have temporarily closed because of the coronavirus, Las Vegas Valley businesses aren’t experiencing shortages.
According to data posted online by the Southern Nevada Health District, the total number of coronavirus cases in Clark County is now 4,225.
Las Vegas police said Saturday that the officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop Wednesday night is a sergeant.
A 46-year-old man is accused of sending multiple videos to a minor that showed him sexually assaulting a girl. Las Vegas police suspect there are more victims.
A Las Vegas police officer was arrested Thursday after an investigation into whether he was “involved in trafficking narcotics,” police said Friday.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the 83-year-old man killed Tuesday in a rollover crash near Dean Martin Drive and West Wigwam Avenue.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is searching for a dark red or maroon mid-2000s model SUV that was involved in a hit-and-run crash Thursday night in the east Las Vegas Valley.
Henderson police still are investigating the January death of an infant after the Clark County coroner’s office couldn’t determine how the baby died.