Lawyers for death row inmate Zane Floyd say an untested combination of drugs planned for his lethal injection would amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
Shootings
A man suspected of shooting a Nevada Department of Transportation worker in Northern Nevada early Wednesday later died after an hourslong standoff with law enforcement.
Prosecutors said they could seek capital punishment for three men charged in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in North Las Vegas.
The lawsuit, filed last week in District Court, accuses Henderson police of using excessive force.
John Watson III refused to comply with an officer’s commands to drop a knife outside a grocery store, police said. He was shot as he walked toward the officer.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man who was found suffering from a gunshot wound Friday night in North Las Vegas.
Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed Friday night in North Las Vegas.
A grand jury indicted three men with gang ties Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in North Las Vegas.
Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the random slaying of a man shot while pumping gas in central Las Vegas in March, according to Clark County Detention Center records.
A Las Vegas judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed after a gunman set fire to Resorts World Manila and killed 37 people and injured dozens more.
Prosecutors want Zane Floyd’s lethal injection to be given the week of July 26 inside the execution chamber at Ely State Prison. Floyd killed four people in 1999.
Las Vegas gang detectives and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating after more than 100 rounds were fired at a Summerlin pool.
North Las Vegas police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting on May 1.
A state court judge denied a stay of execution Monday for death row inmate Zane Floyd and agreed to issue an order of execution for July 26.
A man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor May 22 had previously threatened to kill him, according to a newly released arrest warrant.
