A Metro officer shot and killed a man that police say was approaching officers with a metal baseball bat at a Las Vegas apartment complex.
Homicides
Michael Coleman, an alleged member of the Rollin’ 60s Crips, was accused of threatening and killing people who owed another man money, Las Vegas police said.
The investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman in the southwest valley last year helped police link the accused killer to three additional slayings, police said.
A judge ordered Treavion Randolph, Dontral Beaver and Damien Hernandez to a juvenile detention center after they admitted guilt in the fatal beating of a 17-year-old Rancho High student.
A 16-year-old arrested in connection with a January killing filmed herself holding a gun shortly before the slaying and sent a message to another suspect in the case, according to police.
A shooting earlier this week turned fatal with the death of the victim. In addition, the suspect arrested after fleeing the scene has been named by NLV police.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill touted a reduction in violent crime in an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, but raised concerns about fentanyl.
The boy was shot and killed at a Las Vegas apartment on Labor Day. An 18-year-old man has been arrested and faces a murder charge.
No arrests have been made in a July 8 fatal shooting of Wilford Venable Jr. Las Vegas police say they are investigating the killing as a potential self-defense case.
A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy at a Las Vegas apartment on Labor Day.
Police responded to a report of a male shot at an apartment in the northeast Las Vegas Valley at about 4:42 p.m. Monday.
Ricky Lee Trader is accused of killing Theresa Romano, 28. A key witness in the case was represented by the public defender’s office in 2011 and 2019.
A teenager has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting last week in the central Las Vegas Valley.
Police said officers they found the two near a business shortly before 1:40 a.m., according to police.
The mother of Jonathan Lewis, who was beaten to death outside Rancho High School, said no one was being held accountable for his killing.