Las Vegas Strip hotels honor slain trooper by going blue
Las Vegas Strip hotels to honor slain trooper Thursday night - VIDEO
Lights at the Luxor are lit blue in memory of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Benjamin Jenkins in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Jenkins was shot and killed when he stopped to help a motorist north of Ely on Friday, March 27. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
The High Roller is lit blue in memory of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Benjamin Jenkins in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Jenkins was shot and killed when he stopped to help a motorist north of Ely on Friday, March 27. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
The Palazzo sign is lit blue in memory of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Benjamin Jenkins in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Jenkins was shot and killed when he stopped to help a motorist north of Ely on Friday, March 27. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins. The 47-year-old man was fatally shot on March 27, 2020, while checking on a motorist pulled over on a highway near Ely. (Nevada Highway Patrol)
Updated April 3, 2020 - 8:49 am
A tribute to honor the life of slain Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Jenkins took place Thursday night on the Las Vegas Strip.
From 8:15 to 9:45 p.m., The Linq Hotel and the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas went blue for Jenkins.
Jenkins was shot one week ago while attempting to check on a motorist along U.S. Highway 93, north of Ely, in White Pine County.
The man accused of killing Jenkins, John Dabritz, of White Pine County, is charged with murder, third-degree arson, grand larceny of a motor vehicle and grand larceny of a firearm.
Contact Glenn Puit at gpuit@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0390. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter.
