Las Vegas police believe a man was acting in self-defense Monday night when he shot his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend inside an east Las Vegas apartment.
Alexis Egeland
Crime reporter
Email: aegeland@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-383-0335
Alexis Egeland covers crime for the Review-Journal. Prior to joining the team in August 2019, she covered Congress for the Arizona Republic and worked on a national investigation into the climate of Hate in America for News21. Egeland is a native of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and a graduate of Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication.
Taco Bell seasoned beef has been recalled after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said it may be “contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal shavings.”
The Clark County coroner’s office determined that an inmate who died on Sept. 2 died of natural causes.
A 20-year-old man was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Oct. 10 after police said he attacked a man with an ax in early April.
It was a particularly violent weekend in the Las Vegas valley, with at least eight deaths reported from Friday morning to Sunday night.
A man was arrested on Oct. 4 after police said he indecently exposed himself at a preschool.
A man was arrested on battery charges on Oct. 4 after stabbing a North Vista Hospital nurse in the face with a broken piece of porcelain, police said.
Shots were fired around 3:40 p.m. after two men got into a fight, Metro Lt. Brian Bricker said.
Officers responded around 2:45 p.m. Sunday afternoon to a report of a suspicious male in a car parked at an apartment complex at 3050 South Nellis Blvd., said Lt. Brian Boxler.
Las Vegas law enforcement joined forces with Stop DUI and the families of DUI victims to dedicate State Route 157 to victims of DUI incidents.
Donta Johnson was last seen leaving North Vista Hospital on foot, police said. He has been diagnosed bipolar and schizophrenic and does not have medication, police added.
The suspect, Luther Walker, 52, is facing sexual assault charges in the attacks — one in 2000 and one in 2014.
A 49-year-old North Las Vegas man was charged with attempted murder after police said he stabbed his roommate multiple times in the head while he slept.
Dozens gathered at the Southern Nevada Family Justice Center on Tuesday morning for the 24th annual Domestic Violence Memorial Ceremony.
Lt. David Gordon said the crash occurred near Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. Police are investigating.
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