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2 homicides investigated in Las Vegas Valley

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17-year-old accused in fatal shooting of another teen in northwest Las Vegas

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Witness recalls ‘devastating’ moment lawyer pulled gun in law firm shooting

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5 in custody in connection with 2022 double homicide

Man, 21, arrested in death of nephew in North Las Vegas

By Tony Garcia / Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 4, 2022 - 4:14 am

Updated October 6, 2022 - 10:53 am

It was another deadly night for homicide investigators in the Las Vegas Valley.

The first homicide inquiry was reported just after 12:10 a.m. Tuesday by Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason Johansson on the 800 block of North Rancho Drive, just south of West Washington Avenue.

Just after 2:30 a.m., an additional homicide was reported by police on the 4200 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South, in the vicinity of Mandalay Bay.

On Sunday, a man was shot dead in the area of East Tropicana Avenue and South Nellis Boulevard. Also, police said a man was stabbed to death over an “ongoing property dispute” near South Eastern and East St. Louis avenues.

Contact Tony Garcia at tgarcia@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0307. Follow @TonyGLVNews on Twitter.

17-year-old accused in fatal shooting of another teen in northwest Las Vegas

By Caitlin Lilly / RJ

April 19, 2024 - 9:31 am

Las Vegas police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of another teen in the northwest valley earlier this month.

Witness recalls ‘devastating’ moment lawyer pulled gun in law firm shooting

By Briana Erickson / RJ

April 19, 2024 - 9:32 am

When Lisa Rasmussen pulled into the parking lot of Prince Law Group, she knew the deposition would be intense. She had no idea it would turn deadly.

5 in custody in connection with 2022 double homicide

By Tony Garcia / RJ

April 19, 2024 - 9:37 am

Five people have been arrested in connection with a double homicide committed nearly two years ago.

Man, 21, arrested in death of nephew in North Las Vegas

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

April 18, 2024 - 9:28 pm

North Las Vegas police responded about 11 a.m. to an apartment in the 3400 block of Mercury Street after reports of a child not breathing.

Father ordered to surrender guns after Summerlin shooting

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

April 17, 2024 - 8:07 pm

Attorney Dylan Houston can continue to have supervised access to his children, but he must give up his guns, a Family Court judge ruled during a contentious custody hearing Wednesday afternoon.

Man who shot at truck carrying his stolen motorcycle accused of murder, police say

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

April 17, 2024 - 4:09 pm

A man who told police he had shot at a truck carrying his stolen motorcycle outside his northeast valley apartment is facing a murder charge.

‘One of a kind’: Slain lawyer Dennis Prince remembered in packed funeral service

By Brett Clarkson / RJ

April 16, 2024 - 9:23 pm

Prince, 57, and his wife Ashley Prince, 30, were shot and killed at a Summerlin law office by lawyer Joseph Houston, 77, who then turned the gun on himself.

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Man killed in north Strip stabbing ID’d

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

April 16, 2024 - 10:15 am

A man fatally injured in a stabbing behind a north Strip business early Friday has been identified.

‘It was so shocking’: 911 recordings reveal calls for help at fatal Summerlin shooting

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

April 16, 2024 - 10:30 am

People in the building during the shooting deaths of Dennis Prince, wife Ashley and suicide of the shooter, Joseph Houston II, begged 911 operators for police to arrive.

Las Vegas shooting victim’s parents: Daughter lived in ‘constant fear’

By Brett Clarkson / RJ

April 16, 2024 - 10:25 am

The parents of a woman slain at a Summerlin law firm said their daughter was living in fear of her ex-husband while fighting him in court for custody of their two children.