The Review-Journal has identified three homicides investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department this year that have not been publicized.
Katelyn Newberg
Katelyn joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s metro desk in June after graduating from the University of Florida. She previously worked with the paper in the summer of 2017 as an intern on the business desk. Before graduating college she was the editor in chief of the Independent Florida Alligator. She was born and raised in Orlando, Florida.
Although experts expected to see an uptick in domestic-related homicides during the coronavirus pandemic, the numbers so far haven’t shown an increase in Las Vegas Valley.
The Nye County district attorney’s office has charged a Pahrump man with murder in the death of a Las Vegas man he allegedly conspired to commit an armed robbery with, even though he didn’t fire the fatal shot.
A motorcyclist died after a crash Thursday morning at Fremont and Bruce streets, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
Las Vegas police have identified the 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting a man during a Fourth of July party on Saturday night near Nellis Boulevard and Bonanza Road.
It started with just one person, but over the last month small groups of protesters have gathered in front of Mayor Carolyn Goodman’s home on weekends to demand police reform.
One person was hospitalized in critical condition following a crash Saturday morning at Desert Inn Road and Valley View Boulevard, police said.
There were 679 new cases of the coronavirus and no new deaths reported in Clark County on Saturday morning, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The fire also led to the closure on Thursday of Lee Canyon Road at its intersection with Deer Creek Road.
Jimmie Richard was last seen about 6 p.m. Wednesday near Galleria Drive and Gibson Road and may be in “mental distress” and need medical attention, police said.
“Multiple sections” of the Metropolitan Police Department are investigating after surveillance footage captured someone appearing to throw a Molotov cocktail toward a police station from outside the parking lot gate.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 51-year-old man whose death was initially reported as a homicide but who actually died from an accidental injury.
Las Vegas police have arrested a suspect in connection with the December death of a 41-year-old man, according to Metropolitan Police Department records.
The suspect faces robbery and murder charges after the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said he and a friend conspired to rob a teenager who fatally shot the friend in self-defense.
Sixty-seven Clark County Detention Center inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, 51 of whom were identified during widespread testing in June.