Henderson police said a man found dead after a multiday standoff that included a police shooting had five rifles and was facing kidnapping and other charges.
Shootings
Attorney Dylan Houston can continue to have supervised access to his children, but he must give up his guns, a Family Court judge ruled during a contentious custody hearing Wednesday afternoon.
The man found dead after a multiday standoff that included a police shooting in Henderson has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Prince, 57, and his wife Ashley Prince, 30, were shot and killed at a Summerlin law office by lawyer Joseph Houston, 77, who then turned the gun on himself.
Henderson police gave a timeline of the weekend police standoff after the suspect in the standoff was found dead.
People in the building during the shooting deaths of Dennis Prince, wife Ashley and suicide of the shooter, Joseph Houston II, begged 911 operators for police to arrive.
The parents of a woman slain at a Summerlin law firm said their daughter was living in fear of her ex-husband while fighting him in court for custody of their two children.
The incident in Henderson began Friday morning. Police announced Sunday morning that it finally ended.
Ashley Prince, 30, was fighting for sole custody of her two oldest kids when she was killed by attorney Joseph Houston during a deposition at a Summerlin law office on Monday.
Las Vegas lawyers Joseph Houston II and Dennis Prince should never have been part of the child custody case that may have contributed to Monday’s tragic shooting, one of Houston’s acquaintances said.
A shooting victim killed Tuesday in a northwest valley apartment complex was identified as a 16-year-old Las Vegas boy.
Dennis Prince, a prominent Las Vegas civil attorney, was slain along with his fourth wife Ashley, 30, at his Summerlin law office.
Attorney Joseph Houston had learned that the cancer that spread to his bones had returned before he fatally shot Dennis Prince and his wife before turning the gun on himself.
Ethics rules allow lawyers to represent relatives, but many say it’s a bad idea in bitter custody battles like the one that left three people dead in Summerlin.
The Clark County coroner’s office released the causes of death for attorney Dennis Prince and his new wife, Ashley.