After nearly two months, the Clark County coroner’s office has identified a homeless man who was shot and killed by a shotgun blast near downtown Las Vegas.
Katelyn Newberg
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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.
Las Vegas police are investigating after a man in his 30s was shot and killed Tuesday morning in an east valley apartment complex.
The two-week moving average of new cases, which now stands at 468, has been climbing since it reached a low of 132 on June 5.
Las Vegas police have arrested a 31-year-old man in the beating death of his girlfriend on Monday at a hotel near the Strip, according to an arrest report.
Homicides in Clark County rose 13.6 percent during the first half of 2021 when compared to January through June of last year, according to records maintained by the Review-Journal.
The Clark County district attorney’s office will determine if criminal charges will be filed after a shooting left a 22-year-old man dead early Saturday, Las Vegas police said.
NV Energy is asking customers to conserve electricity on Saturday and Sunday evenings due to record-breaking heat.
Police believe Christopher Najera shot and killed a man in May in retaliation for another gang-related shooting that left a 17-year-old dead, according to an arrest report.
Nevada on Friday reported 813 new coronavirus cases and 13 additional deaths over the preceding day, capping a week in which major disease metrics in the state continued to rise and reached levels not seen since February.
The Nevada Highway Patrol said the crash was reported at 8:14 a.m. on the beltway near West Cheyenne Avenue.
A California man arrested last week in a three-day string of robberies and shootings in Las Vegas and Henderson has been connected to a third homicide, a senior police official said.
A man booked into the Clark County Detention Center on the Fourth of July died Tuesday after complaining of “muscle pain,” Las Vegas police said.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified two people that police said were shot and killed by the same man last week during a string of violent crimes.
Miles Smith, 55, was found dead Saturday morning in a central Las Vegas Valley apartment, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed Saturday night in the west valley.
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