A new team of law enforcement agencies and advocacy groups will work to combat sex traffickers and assist victims in the Las Vegas Valley, the team announced Thursday.
Mike Shoro
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Mike Shoro joined the business desk in May 2020 after working as a digital reporter and social producer. He previously reported on crime and breaking news for the Review-Journal. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate, and a Chicago suburbs native. Prior to joining the R-J, he worked at several news organizations in Nebraska. Father to an unruly rabbit.
Police named Christopher Ashoff, 38, and Devin Campbell, 24 as a suspect in two deadly shootings that occurred three hours apart on Jan. 22 — one in Las Vegas and another in North Las Vegas.
A pizza deliveryman was carjacked Tuesday in an east valley neighborhood, leading to a gunfight between the thief and a neighbor, Las Vegas police said.
An Uber driver who juggles for his customers was held at gunpoint while waiting for a fare early Tuesday in downtown Las Vegas.
A Nevada inmate serving three to 10 years for attempted robbery died this weekend at a Las Vegas hospice facility, a state Department of Corrections release said.
Henderson resident Elizabeth Cole, who was shot Monday, shared her story in an interview this week, hoping to draw attention to violence targeting transgender people.
Two Clark County schools in the west valley were on lockdown for about an hour Thursday morning because of a Las Vegas police shooting in the area.
A man allegedly referred to a transgender woman by a slur prior to shooting her after an argument Monday night in Henderson, an arrest report said.
A man accused of murder in a deadly hit-and-run crash Friday has a previous felony driving conviction and told police he drank four 24-ounce cans of beer both before and after the crash, according to an arrest report.
The men, members of “Nevada Cop Block,” which describes itself as an independent media group focused on police accountability, were cited for trespassing after one was handcuffed and removed from the Metro briefing room.
A Las Vegas police sergeant shot three rounds Sunday at a burglary suspect, thinking the walking cane the man had raised at a woman was a hatchet, police announced Wednesday.
A 44-year-old man faces a charge of attempted murder with a deadly weapon and a hate crime enhancement after a shooting Monday night in Henderson, police said.
The bicyclist killed Friday by a suspected hit-and-run driver near the Strip has been identified as a Las Vegas man.
The victim, who was 30, was shot multiple times about 8 p.m. Thursday on the 800 block of North Major Avenue, near East Warm Springs Road and East Lake Mead Parkway. He died Sunday at University Medical Center from his injuries.
Police set up a perimeter around the garage at the Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, on Tuesday afternoon while they looked for a man who fled a traffic stop, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
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