A man who “feared for his life” shot and killed a would-be robber who tried to take his cell phone and wallet at gunpoint early Saturday, Henderson police said.
Shootings
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.
Albertt Monterio previously pleaded guilty to murder and robbery, admitting he killed Destiny Jackson in 2021, stole her car and left her body in the desert near Sloan.
Sixty people were killed in the attack during the Route 91 Harvest Festival, and hundreds were wounded. It remains the worst mass casualty shooting event in U.S. history.
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 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.
A suspect fled from the scene on the 1700 block of Yale Street near Main Street and Las Vegas Boulevard North.
The fourth victim in the UNLV shooting on Dec. 6, 2023, has come forward, choosing to share his story publicly for the first time.
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.
Two officers fired at a 15-year-old vehicle burglary suspect in a North Las Vegas neighborhood after the teen shot at them first, police said.
A teenager has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting last week in the central Las Vegas Valley.
A 14-year-old suspect is in custody after police said four people were killed and at least nine were injured in a shooting at a Georgia high school.
Police said officers they found the two near a business shortly before 1:40 a.m., according to police.
