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.
Katelyn Newberg
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.
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.
New cases, deaths and hospitalizations also remain on the upswing, according to data published by the state on Friday.
The Clark County coroner’s office has investigated thousands of deaths over the years, but 273 people remain unidentified. Some of them were likely homeless.
John Anthony Carrillo, 29, also is accused in other “criminal incidents” since Saturday, including domestic battery, grand larceny of a vehicle and robbery, police said.
Detectives believe the gunman fled the scene on the 1700 block of Euclid Avenue in a white Nissan Altima.
Zion National Park was open Wednesday but visitors were told to anticipate delays as park officials clean up from a flash flood that closed the popular park in southern Utah.
A 22-year-old man police have accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s father last week in northeast Las Vegas was granted bail on Tuesday morning.
A 17-year-old arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man last week was granted bail Tuesday morning.