A Las Vegas judge sentenced the defendant on Tuesday to life in prison for shooting and killing a 70-year-old retiree in his driveway in 2020.
Shootings
Vladimir Pourett, 22, faces charges of open murder, attempted murder and battery with a deadly weapon, according to jail records.
Las Vegas police responded to a shooting near the resort shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Police said they were not releasing information about possible suspects “to help protect the integrity of the case.”
Margaret Rudin, who spent nearly 20 years in prison in the slaying of her millionaire husband, Ron, has had her murder conviction vacated.
David Chou, 68, of Las Vegas, is facing one count of murder after a shooting in Laguna Woods, California. His neighbors remembered Chou as a “grumpy” but friendly person.
Three people were shot, including one fatally, in northeast Las Vegas Saturday morning.
Union representatives are pushing for the reinstatement of a Las Vegas police officer who was fired last year after shooting a man in the head.
To many, the grim discovery of the body of a shooting victim in Lake Mead inspired a callback to a darker Las Vegas past, but the the reality could be as murky as the waters where the body was found.
A jury convicted a former Las Vegas pastor on Thursday of first-degree murder for fatally shooting his 71-year-old neighbor and her boyfriend in 2020.
He was James Wagner, 59. He died of a gunshot wound to the chest, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Las Vegas police said the suspect was booked in connection with the delayed death of a man who was shot on April 29.
Michael Miguel told police his finger accidentally touched the trigger while he was fighting with his 18-year-old brother, Markies Miguel.
A person shot to death Saturday night in northeast Las Vegas has been identified as a 31-year-old man.
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