The killing happened Friday afternoon in the east Las Vegas Valley. Two suspects have been taken into custody.
Crime
A lawsuit alleges that an inmate at a prison near Las Vegas who was bludgeoned to death by his cellmate had made requests to transfer out of his cell due to safety concerns.
The shooting occurred in the 200 block of East Tropicana Avenue, near Koval Lane, on Friday.
The Metropolitan Police Department said in a September press conference that he is suspected in 29 burglaries in the Spring Mountain Road corridor since June.
Andres Mendoza, 24, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of charges related to unlawful contact with a minor, according to CCSD Police.
A jury on Wednesday found Wackenhut provided inadequate security at a Walmart parking lot on June 2, 2004, the night retired Air Force Maj. Michael Born was mortally wounded while changing his car’s headlight. Jurors said the security firm must pay more than $1 million in the wrongful death case in which the jury was convinced Wackenhut’s security was woefully inadequate. The same jury held the store was not liable for Born’s death.
Hopes of solving the mystery behind Cole Puffinburger’s 2008 disappearance were dashed Wednesday as prosecutors dropped all kidnapping and hostage-taking charges against two suspects, angering the boy’s father.
Holding a knife, Tory Manvilla raced back and forth through Winnie Ellis’ living room in a panic Tuesday night.
“He was yelling and screaming, ‘He’s got a gun, he’s after me,’ ” Ellis recalled Wednesday at her southeast valley home, site of the first fatal officer-involved shooting of 2011 for the Metropolitan Police Department.
Bryan Yant, a narcotics detective on paid administrative leave since a June 11 drug raid led to the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Trevon Cole, has been reassigned to a desk job at the Metropolitan Police Department. A police official said an investigation concluded Yant violated several policies in connection with the shooting.
A man has died after being shot by two police officers Tuesday night. Las Vegas police Lt. Mark Reddon said the shooting occurred at 8:47 p.m. when police responded to a call about a suspect with a knife.
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The killing happened Friday afternoon in the east Las Vegas Valley. Two suspects have been taken into custody.
A lawsuit alleges that an inmate at a prison near Las Vegas who was bludgeoned to death by his cellmate had made requests to transfer out of his cell due to safety concerns.
The shooting occurred in the 200 block of East Tropicana Avenue, near Koval Lane, on Friday.
The Metropolitan Police Department said in a September press conference that he is suspected in 29 burglaries in the Spring Mountain Road corridor since June.
