A man died after a two-car crash in the west valley on Wednesday afternoon, possibly due to a medical episode, Las Vegas police said.
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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.
It was not clear how many — if any — of the fires were fireworks related. No serious damage and just one injury had been reported as of 10 p.m.
Gust up to 25 mph and no rain in the forecast through early next week at least, mean vegetation will be dry and easily ignited, according to the National Weather Service.
The four-vehicle crash was reported about 9 p.m. Thursday at South Decatur Boulevard and West Cactus Avenue, according to police. All the drivers were hospitalized.
The Fourth of July fireworks show at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas was canceled Thursday due to paperwork error by a vendor, according to the hotel and casino in Summerlin.
A man hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his abdomen was expected to survived after a shooting Thursday night in the east Las Vegas Valley, police said.
Police and fire officials are patrolling the valley Thursday night in search of illegal firework users, who will receive a fine of at least $250 if caught with the explosives.
It was unclear how the fire, which shut a section of Interstate 15 about 30 miles northeast of Mesquite, was started.
A 41-year-old man admitted to Henderson Police Department officers that he shot a man during one of two burglaries in June, an arrest report said. In the second, the homeowner convinced him to put the gun down.
The body of Antwan Williams was found in a central valley apartment in May.
A man was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday after a shooting in an apartment complex in northwestern Las Vegas.
One man was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries after a shooting in Henderson on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The week will start off with a predicted high of 99 degrees on Sunday, slightly below the average high temperature of 103 for this time of year, according to the National Weather Service.
The son of Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery Saturday in Las Vegas, court records show.
Las Vegas police on Saturday arrested a security guard suspected of fatally shooting a man early Saturday morning at a north valley shopping center.