Alex Tuch looking to make inroads with VGK
 
Alex Tuch looking to make inroads with VGK

Alex Tuch, one of the few players at VGK Development Camp with a chance to make Opening Night roster chose to participate in the camp, even though he didn’t have to. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas jury convicts man of killing hitman
 
Las Vegas jury convicts man of killing hitman

Thomas Randolph has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Randolph could possibly face the death penalty for his crimes.

Pro poker player talks about backing and staking
 
Pro poker player talks about backing and staking

Professional poker player Dutch Boyd discusses backing/staking at the World Series of Poker on June 15. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas morning update for Monday, June 26th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Monday, June 26th

1. Two people are dead and another was shot in the head after an argument broke out over a game of dominoes at a northeast Las Vegas home Sunday night. After an argument began, a man went to his car to retrieve a gun and opened fire inside the home on the 4400 block of Wendy Street near East Craig and North Walnut roads. Two men in their 20s were killed and a third man in his 30s was shot in the head and is now stabilized. Police are still looking for the suspect.

2. A Las Vegas woman died from choking injuries Friday morning, according to the Clark County Coroner. On June 3, police were called to a break-in at a home on the 1900 block of Sirocco Court when an arriving officer said he found Stella Martinez on the ground being choked by her ex-boyfriend Christopher Wood. Police attempted to revive Martinez but she later died. Wood faces attempted murder, attempted burglary and domestic battery by strangulation charges.

3. A pedestrian has died after being struck by an SUV early Monday morning. Police responded to a call about the accident on Tropicana near Wilbur Street and Maryland Parkway around 2:30 a.m. Monday. The pedestrian later died at an area hospital.

Recap of the Vegas Golden Knights 2017 NHL Entry Draft
 
Recap of the Vegas Golden Knights 2017 NHL Entry Draft

Ed Graney and Steve Carp from the Las Vegas Review-Journal review the Vegas Golden Knights selections from the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in Chicago at the United Center.

Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, June 20th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, June 20th

1. A California man died at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the first night of EDC. Michael Morse, 34, was pronounced dead just before 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Family members are now questioning the safety of EDC after saying they’ve seen comments online that lines for water were long on the first night of the festival. Insomniac Events did not respond to requests for comment Monday.

2. One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in the west valley. Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex near South Cimarron Road and West Charleston Boulevard just after midnight Tuesday. After police got a woman and child out of the apartment, police entered to find a man with a knife. Police attempted to use a stun gun on the man when he lunged at police and he was shot by two officers. The man was pronounced dead at UMC.

3. A Pizza Hut receipt helped police arrest a woman suspected of murder. Kevin Thomas suffered a gunshot wound to the head in November and detectives found the receipt under his body. The receipt had store and order information and the name “Betty” written at the top. Betty Ann Pires had been dating Thomas for three months prior to his death. Pires said she left Thomas at a Pizza Hut the night he was killed but two people came forward, saying Pires admitted to killing Thomas.

Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, June 15th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, June 15th

1. Police have arrested two men in connection with an execution-style death last week. 65-year-old Jerry Lee Moore was found handcuffed and bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head on June 5 on the 1800 block of Cypress Trail near Rancho and Lake Mead. Police did not name the suspects but confirmed the arrest late Wednesday.

2. A second teen charged in the November gang rape of a 14-year-old special education student will be prosecuted as an adult. Dennis Alas-Jarquin is 18 now but was 17 at the time of the crime and is one of four boys charged. 15-year-old Leby Urquilla will also be charged as an adult and the two remaining teens could still be certified as adults in the next few months. Two adults are also charged in the case: Jose Mejia-Henriquez, 18, and Leby Alas-Gomez, 39.

3. A corrections employee committed suicide inside the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump Tuesday. Detention center staff found the man after responding to a fire alarm in the facility, though no fire was found. A source with knowledge of the investigation said tear gas or some other chemical irritant was set off in the room before the suicide and that the death was the result of a gunshot wound. The employee’s name and position have not been released.

Review-Journal recap: Day one of Raiders minicamp
 
Review-Journal recap: Day one of Raiders minicamp

Las Vegas Review-Journal’s sports columnist Ed Graney and Raiders beat reporter Michael Gehlken recap the first day of the Oakland Raiders minicamp in Alameda, California.

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