The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 65-year-old pedestrian killed Friday morning in a hit-and-run crash in the northwestern Las Vegas Valley.
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Rio Lacanlale, whose work for the Review-Journal ranges from crime reports to video storytelling, joined the newspaper in October 2016. Before that, the UNLV broadcast journalism graduate contributed to newsrooms in central Italy and Washington, D.C. Rio is also a passionate traveler who enjoys living out of a backpack for months at a time.
A man who allegedly was shot and killed by his roommate on Friday inside their North Las Vegas apartment died of a gunshot wound to his head, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
The accident occurred Sunday evening in east Las Vegas near the Sunrise Mountain Natural Area. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.
An 85-year-old North Las Vegas man was killed in a crash Thursday morning about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
The man was found floating in the pool on the 2200 block of South Fort Apache Road, near West Sahara Avenue, a little after 7 a.m. Wednesday in what police initially characterized as an accidental drowning.
No one was injured Tuesday morning when police activity shut down the scenic loop in the Red Rock National Conservation Area.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the wrong-way driver who died Saturday night after his truck hit a wall in the southeastern Las Vegas Valley.
A relative has identified the woman who was killed in front of her child Thursday when a shootout erupted in an east Las Vegas neighborhood between her ex-husband and an armed resident acting in her defense.
The teen suspect arrested Saturday in the killing of a security guard this month was the same 16-year-old student arrested Thursday after bringing a handgun to Del Sol High School, according to Las Vegas police.
A 1-year-old girl from Ely was fatally attacked by a dog in Henderson seven years to the day after a 1-year-old boy was killed by a dog in Henderson.
Las Vegas police arrested a 56-year-old former employee of a private Catholic school early Monday after a threatening voicemail prompted staff to cancel classes.
A 39-year-old man was shot to death Saturday morning in an eastern Las Vegas Valley apartment complex.
A 56-year-old inmate died Tuesday after he was found unresponsive in his Northern Nevada prison cell, according to the state Department of Corrections.
Las Vegas police are looking for an unknown shooter or shooters after several gunshots were fired into a central valley apartment early Wednesday.
A 74-year-old pedestrian died Tuesday after he was struck by a car just east of the Strip, Las Vegas police said.