A 1-year-old Las Vegas boy who died Tuesday morning after he was found unresponsive inside a central valley apartment has been identified.
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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.
George Chomakos of Las Vegas was killed early Wednesday at Sun City and West Lake Mead boulevards, when he turned left at the intersection into the path of a Toyota 4Runner driven by a 17-year-old girl, police said.
A 1-year-old Henderson boy who was hospitalized Sunday after being found unresponsive in a bathtub has died.
Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested 32-year-old Derek Alton Shapiro on suspicion of murder in connection with a homicide early Friday, Clark County booking logs and jail records show.
Rony retired from the force in September after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, according to the department.
Clouds moving into the valley Wednesday evening will bring a 20 percent chance for isolated showers Thursday morning, the weather service said. The chance of rain will increase to 30 percent Thursday evening.
FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration agents were seen inside and outside a home in western Las Vegas early Tuesday.
Police received reports that the boy was in cardiac arrest Tuesday morning inside an apartment unit on the 700 block of East Twain Avenue, near Swenson Street.
A Las Vegas woman’s alleged attacker remained unidentified until late last year, when her rape kit was finally tested, police records show. A North Las Vegas man’s DNA matched the samples collected in her sexual assault kit, and he was taken into custody on Oct. 1, Metropolitan Police Department records show.
A Pahrump man has been arrested in connection with a hate crime against a black Pahrump resident last month, according to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.
A 2-month-old Pomeranian stolen in a smash-and-grab burglary last month has been found in good health — and pretty in pink.
The Las Vegas Valley this weekend is expected to see forecast highs below 80 degrees for the first time since May, according to the National Weather Service.
A Las Vegas man came home from work Monday night to find his wife of 26 years mauled to death by the family’s newly adopted dog.
Saturday’s expected high of 81 will be accompanied by a 10 percent chance of rain in the evening.
The standoff was triggered by a two-vehicle crash about 1:45 p.m. near West Flamingo and El Camino roads. The suspect then got out of his car and aimed a handgun at the other driver before running from the scene, police said.