A man convicted of first-degree murder in 1981 died in a Northern Nevada prison on Tuesday, the state Department of Corrections said.
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The Clark County coroner’s office identified the man fatally shot Monday morning in the eastern Las Vegas Valley.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the 3-year-old girl whose body was found in a duffel bag last week at her mother’s eastern Las Vegas Valley home.
Authorities have identified one of two people killed in a crash on Interstate 11 early Tuesday as a Henderson woman and named the driver suspected of slamming into their vehicle on the highway’s shoulder while impaired.
The bound body of 84-year-old Dorothy Sargent was found nearly 13 years ago in her Las Vegas home, and new DNA technology helped identify a suspect in her killing last month.
A Las Vegas man facing a murder charge in the May death of his ex-girlfriend was arrested last week.
Christopher J. Schermuly, 55, of Henderson was driving a 2005 Chrysler Town Country minivan when he ran a stop sign Thursday and was hit by a 2018 Nissan Rogue at Valley View Boulevard and Oquendo Road, police said.
Las Vegas police on Monday identified the officer who fatally shot a man on Saturday less than 24 hours after an officer-involved shooting on Friday.
A pedestrian hurt in a hit-and-run crash last week in the central valley has died from his injuries, Las Vegas police said Monday.
Leroy “Tom” Carns, who was last seen Wednesday night near East Windmill Lane and South Las Vegas Boulevard, was found and identified after being taken to a local hospital, police said.
The man shot three times by Las Vegas police last week, after authorities said he stabbed two women, is alive, the Metropolitan Police Department said Monday.
Las Vegas police have identified two officers who shot and injured a man after he allegedly stabbed two women in the west valley Friday, in the first of two officer-involved shootings within a period of 24 hours.
Las Vegas police are asking for help finding a 80-year-old man with dementia last seen Wednesday in the south Las Vegas Valley.
A single-vehicle crash resulted in serious injuries on Sunday morningon Hollywood Boulevard near Vegas Valley Drive, said Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Chris Holmes. The car’s driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The hottest summer days have passed in the Las Vegas Valley, according to past average temperatures, the National Weather Service said.