A 25-year-old Las Vegas woman is expected to plead guilty this week to charges of second-degree murder and driving under the influence for a crash that killed an 8-year-old boy.
Homicides
Maurice Sims faced the death penalty for five years in connection with a double homicide , and after a jury’s verdict this week he could soon walk free.
Antoine Javell Hartwell, 39, shot Nicole L. Barker, 42, in the head before turning the gun on himself, the coroner’s office said. Hartwell’s death was ruled a suicide, and Barker’s death was ruled a homicide.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified three victims as 5-year-old Avi Franco, 15-year-old Arias Franco and 34-year-old Selina Rowsell. The shooter was 27-year-old Michael Franco, whose death was ruled a suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
North Las Vegas police said they provided incorrect information Tuesday about an 18-year-old Canyon Springs High School student killed this month.
A 22-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night after a confrontation outside a building at a North Las Vegas apartment complex.
Police think a red two-door car may be connected to the deadly shooting of 34-year-old Lawrence Jackson Jr., who died a gunshot wound to the chest.
The exhibit, called “How We Mourned: Selected Artifacts from the October 1 Memorials,” opens to the public on Friday.
Eight officers shot at an armed man involved in a robbery Saturday morning in Henderson, police said.
As of Saturday morning, Henderson police had investigated 14 homicides this year; half are domestic-related murder-suicides.
An armed man suspected in a violent robbery was killed by Henderson police early Saturday after leading officers on a short foot chase.
North Las Vegas police arrested the suspect, who attends Cheyenne High School, in connection with the death of 18-year-old Dalvin Brown on the campus of Canyon Springs High School last week.
The Henderson Police Department is investigating a second suspected murder-suicide reported late Thursday night.
Four people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide Thursday night in Henderson.
Jaylon Carter and Bennie Sampson previously were charged with murder in the shooting death of Marquaire Ravon Collins , 20, who was shot about 2 a.m. Aug. 29 on the 1000 block of Redlands Circle, near Washington Avenue and Tenaya Way.
