A man covered in blood climbed into a stranger’s car Wednesday afternoon after being stabbed in the neck at a southeast Las Vegas Valley park, police said.
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The victim told officers she was abducted, beaten and robbed by the four, who then phoned her boyfriend and attempted to extort money.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office said two of its deputies and a sergeant were placed on administrative leave after police were twice called to a home where two people were forcibly held in filthy conditions , but they did not help the pair.
Police were called just before 5 p.m. to a call center on the 6800 block of Bermuda Road, near East Sunset Road and Paradise Road, to reports of two people who had been stabbed, said Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer.
About a month after 11-year-old Angelina Erives was shot and killed, the final suspect sought in connection with the shooting was arrested in California, North Las Vegas police announced Wednesday.
A man was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday night after he was stabbed in the chest and back in the northeast Las Vegas Valley, police said.
After a routine traffic meeting last week led to dozens of North Las Vegas residents demanding answers about a recent string of shootings, city officials held another meeting Tuesday night to reassure residents.
Las Vegas police said the man fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop in downtown on Saturday had a “homemade knife.”
A pedestrian died after being struck by a car while crossing the street in the northeast Las Vegas Valley early Sunday morning, police said.
The Las Vegas Valley is expected to be dry early this week, but rain and snow chances will return by Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
As temperatures drop over the next few days, precipitation in the Las Vegas Valley and nearby mountains isn’t expected to return until the middle of next week, the National Weather Service said.
The weather in Rocky Mountain National Park improved enough Saturday for helicopter operations in the continuing search for a 20-year-old hiker from Las Vegas who was last seen a week ago.
Nevada Highway Patrol troopers working the graveyard shift set up a Christmas tree Friday night to celebrate lives potentially saved this holiday season.
Search efforts for a 20-year-old hiker from Las Vegas lost in the Rocky Mountain National Park continued Friday, almost a week after he was last seen.
After a pursuit that spanned the Las Vegas Valley on Friday afternoon, North Las Vegas police have arrested a man suspected of an armed car robbery after he was bitten by a police dog.