Rodrigo Chavez, 18, is accused of fatally shooting a 22-year-old man during a car chase through a North Las Vegas neighborhood on Sunday, according to an arrest report.
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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 Nye County Commission approved a plan Wednesday to create an ankle monitoring program for the county jail in Pahrump, which would cost inmates at least $300 a month.
The Clark County coroner’s office has officially identified the 12-year-old boy who died after he and his sister were struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street near their North Las Vegas school on Friday.
A 73-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man were identified Wednesday as the victims of two separate North Las Vegas fires this month.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Wednesday identified the man fatally shot Sunday in North Las Vegas as 22-year-old Dre’Vaughn Dixion.
The 360 program was unveiled in November 2015 to help fight the heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioid pill crisis. Las Vegas will be the 21st U.S. city to participate.
A fourth suspect was arrested Monday in connection with a Henderson man’s body found in California in a burned car on New Year’s Eve, police said Tuesday.
William Banfield Jr. was last seen about noon Monday, the police said.
A 19-year-old man was shot early Tuesday in Henderson near Warm Springs Road and Green Valley Parkway, the Henderson Police Department said.
As of Feb. 8, there have been 26 reported deaths from the flu in Clark County, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
A seasonably warm weekend will be followed by a breezy start to the work week in the Las Vegas Valley, the National Weather Service said.
After initially declining to release the arrest report of an officer accused of sexual acts with minors, the Metropolitan Police Department on Friday released the report.
Las Vegas police are asking the public’s help finding a man suspected of punching a 71-year-old on a bus last week in the central valley.
A 12-year-old girl last seen Monday in the southwest valley has been found, Las Vegas police said.
The Las Vegas Police Protective Association filed a complaint Tuesday alleging the Metropolitan Police Department is restricting vacation days during the NFL Draft.