Jean Joseph, 29, faces charges of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, kidnapping with a deadly weapon, child abuse with a deadly weapon and possession of a gun by a prohibited person.
Shootings
The 13-year-old boy who was killed Friday at a west valley smoke shop was shot multiple times in the back and at least once in the head, the boy’s father said Wednesday. That information could help explain why investigators decided Monday to pursue a murder charge against the smoke shop clerk accused of firing the fatal shots.
Las Vegas police have taken a suspect into custody after a barricade situation at the Loft 5 residential complex near Las Vegas Boulevard South Wednesday morning.
Talking to police moments after learning his 15-year-old daughter Alexus was fatally shot, William Postorino didn’t want to believe that a man he had considered a friend for more than 30 years could be the killer.
The father of the 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot Friday at a west valley smoke shop said Tuesday he forgives the clerk who is now behind bars in connection with his son’s death.
“Everybody’s concerned,” said Metro homicide Lt. Dan McGrath while on the scene of Fabriccio Patti’s shooting Friday. “And it should be not just the police’s concern — it’s the whole community’s concern, that we have a rise in violence, specifically gun violence.”
Police have not yet established a motive for the killing of Michael Tzaras, 46, north of downtown.
The man shot and killed by his father Tuesday night “looked up to him,” family members said.
A teen was fatally shot by a smoke shop employee Friday night after he and two other youths entered the southwest valley store wearing masks, likely intending to rob the business, police said.
Kenneth Jefferson, a 48-year-old Las Vegas resident, died at University Medical Center about an hour after he was shot in the chest Wednesday night on the 600 block of North 10th Street, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The man shot and killed Tuesday night in what police are calling a random shooting has been identified by the Clark County coroner as Ethan Hogan, 25.
The man who said he shot and killed his son Tuesday night told police he didn’t remember moments leading up to shooting and is unsure if the person he killed was his real son, according to the arrest report.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Wednesday night just north of downtown Las Vegas. The shooting is believed to be drug-related.
Authorities linked 23-year-old Shane Valentine to a shooting incident at a woman’s home after finding her son and his girlfriend dead inside a southwest valley apartment less than a month later.
Las Vegas police have identified a suspect wanted in connection with a northeast valley shooting Nov. 10 that left a man in critical condition.
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