A vehicle crashed into a concrete pole, causing it to fall on another car Saturday afternoon in Summerlin, officials said. The driver had a medical episode, Las Vegas police said.
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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.
With the first day of school fast approaching, public safety officials and health professionals hosted the Citywide Traffic Safety Block Party on Friday evening to promote safe practices on Las Vegas Valley roads.
A panel this week recounted the Metropolitan Police Department’s efforts to reform its use of force guidelines over the past several years. The panel discussion took place at a forum Wednesday night at the Mob Museum.
A woman is accused of ramming her car into her boyfriend, who was running on an on-ramp at McCarran International Airport, causing him to fall 30 feet to the ground, a Las Vegas police report said.
Officers were called about 7:50 p.m. on reports of the robbery at a store on the 4800 block of East Tropicana Avenue, near South Nellis Boulevard, Metro Lt. David Gordon said.
Keith Friese, 32, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, the Clark County coroner’s office said.
A woman was seriously injured Tuesday in the central valley when a police SUV slammed into her vehicle during a pursuit of a carjacking suspect, Las Vegas police said.
A woman died of smoke inhalation last week in an “extremely rare” flameless fire, which slowly smoldered and filled her house with smoke, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.
Ezekial Earl Derr, 30, walked away from Humboldt Conservation Camp in Winnemucca, Nevada Department of Corrections spokeswoman Brooke Santina said in a release
Fewer than 100 NV Energy customers were still without power Saturday, after thunderstorms and high winds Thursday and Friday downed power poles and caused outages in the Las Vegas Valley.
A woman is in custody after a man driving a car was stabbed, causing him to rear-end a truck near downtown Las Vegas on Friday night. The man later died at University Medical Center.
The Las Vegas Valley’s high temperatures likely factored into the deaths of seven people Wednesday and Thursday, the Clark County coroner confirmed Friday.
The shooting happened about 2:20 p.m. on the 4100 block of Oakhill Avenue, near U.S. Highway 95 and East Harmon Avenue, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
An armed security guard was arrested after he shot and killed an unarmed man after a brief confrontation Thursday afternoon near the Strip, Las Vegas police said.
Vernon McClelland Jr., 29, was arrested Wednesday on the 700 block of Center Street in Henderson, police said Thursday. He faces multiple felony charges, including murder with a deadly weapon, and first-degree arson.
