The man who died was Yaphette Johnson, 24, the Clark County coroner’s office said. He died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.
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Officers are interested in speaking to anybody with knowledge of who last spoke with Angel Gutierrez, 37, before he was shot about 7:50 p.m. Dec. 1 on the 4000 block of East Bonanza Road, near Lamb Boulevard.
A 36-year-old man who brought a stolen handgun to a self-help meeting and then pointed the gun at a police officer last year was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
A fourth person — 31-year-old British tourist Jonathan Udall — has died after a helicopter crash earlier this month in the Grand Canyon. Three British tourists died at the scene of the Feb. 10 crash.
Family had reported 25-year-old Michael Anthony Hadley missing in December, but it wasn’t until Feb. 3 that people riding horses discovered his body in the desert near Coldcreek and Bugling Bull roads, Las Vegas police said.
A man was taken into custody at a Henderson casino after he was found with his wife’s body in his vehicle late Saturday night, Las Vegas police said.
A woman died after a vehicle backed up and struck her near the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign late Saturday night, police said.
Las Vegas police arrested Erwin Velarde Deleon on Feb. 9 in connection with a motorcycle race that turned deadly last summer, according to court documents.
An elementary school teacher accused of child abuse grabbed a student by the neck after he refused to clean up his crayons, according to statements made in a Clark County School District police affidavit.
Law enforcement, faith groups, casino representatives and local homeless support organizations teamed up late Friday on the Las Vegas Strip to combat crime and assist the homeless.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding two persons of interest in a Feb. 3 deadly shooting outside a market on the 3900 block of Owens Avenue, near Pecos Road.
Both directions of U.S. Highway 95 were temporarily closed Thursday night as authorities negotiated with a man they feared might jump from a bridge, according to law enforcement.
A person was ejected from a car and was in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash Thursday in central Las Vegas, police said.
Four middle school students were pepper-sprayed moments after exiting a school bus at a southwest valley stop Wednesday afternoon, a Las Vegas parent said.
A man was shot on the 2200 block of Superior Position Street, near Carey Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, police said. He died at the hospital.
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