Las Vegas Fire Department radio traffic and 911 audio recordings echo a frenzied scene described by many survivors of the deadly fire at the Alpine Motel Apartments.
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A man believed to have been shot in a robbery during a drug deal a week ago in Henderson has died, and two suspects have been arrested, police said.
The Clark County coroner’s office confirmed information in a police report identifying the victim as Joshua Pyzer and said the 43-year-old died of blunt force head trauma.
Nicole M. Corbeil, 20, was killed Thursday morning when a vehicle failed to yield to her as she headed south on Decatur Boulevard on a Harley-Davidson FXLR.
The Metropolitan Police Department previously said detectives believe that, because of the man’s position at his church, there may be more unidentified victims.
A 30-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting in central Las Vegas that left one person hospitalized .
Melinda Hinrichs, who worked as an administrative assistant for the department, was charged Monday.
As police took him into custody, according to his arrest report, officers found a “revolver type pellet gun” in his jacket pocket.
The shooting was reported just before 11 a.m., in the parking lot of a business on the 5100 block of Maryland Parkway, near Tropicana Avenue.
Just after 5 a.m. Wednesday, a 911 caller reported seeing a man “passed out” in the road on the 5600 block of Indian Springs Street.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Clark County District Court, accuses the motel’s owner of negligence and “wrongful conduct” that led to the death of Tracy Cihal, 57.
Las Vegas police detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who may have knowledge about a shootout last week in the southeastern valley.
The city’s first officer-involved shooting of the year occurred after a 24-minute chase that spanned several miles in the northwestern portion of the city, police said Tuesday.
A 93-year-old man who shot an apartment complex maintenance worker last week, leading to Las Vegas police gunfire, was apparently upset over water damage and flooding in his unit.
The Clark County coroner’s office was unable to determine a manner of death for a man whose body was found in a vacant office building that caught fire in early December.
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