An elementary school teacher accused of child abuse grabbed a student by the neck after he refused to clean up his crayons, according to statements made in a Clark County School District police affidavit.
Mike Shoro
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.
Law enforcement, faith groups, casino representatives and local homeless support organizations teamed up late Friday on the Las Vegas Strip to combat crime and assist the homeless.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding two persons of interest in a Feb. 3 deadly shooting outside a market on the 3900 block of Owens Avenue, near Pecos Road.
Both directions of U.S. Highway 95 were temporarily closed Thursday night as authorities negotiated with a man they feared might jump from a bridge, according to law enforcement.
A person was ejected from a car and was in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash Thursday in central Las Vegas, police said.
Four middle school students were pepper-sprayed moments after exiting a school bus at a southwest valley stop Wednesday afternoon, a Las Vegas parent said.
A man was shot on the 2200 block of Superior Position Street, near Carey Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, police said. He died at the hospital.
A man in his 30s was killed by a stray bullet Tuesday night in a neighborhood north of the Strip, Las Vegas police said.
A challenger for Clark County’s top cop job said he is running to bring police transparency and accountability after the Oct. 1 mass shooting.
A helicopter operated by a Boulder City-based tour company crashed Saturday evening in the Grand Canyon, killing three and critically injuring four, according to police. Seven people were on board the copter belonging to Boulder City-based Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters.
A moped rider drove into the back of a garbage truck Saturday afternoon in the southeast valley, Las Vegas police said.
Traffic deaths across the state decreased for the first time since 2011, but more pedestrians died in Nevada than at any point in the state’s history, officials announced Friday.
He was Edward J. Delgado, 73, of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner’s office said. He died of inhaling combustion products, and his death was ruled an accident.
Police didn’t yet know if either of Martin’s two bullets struck Alan Keith Baker, 42, but police know Baker shot himself in the head, Assistant Sheriff Charles Hank said. Baker was hospitalized at University Medical Center and was on life support Thursday afternoon, Hank said.
A recently indicted Las Vegas police officer was taken into custody early Thursday after an hourslong standoff with police in the northwest valley.