An armed man was barricaded in a west Las Vegas Valley residence Thursday morning, prompting police to evacuate several nearby homes. (Glen Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Project Safe 417, where SafeNest advocates help victims of domestic violence at crime scenes, is expanding to all Metropolitan Police Department area commands on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. The program aims to reduce domestic-related homicides. (Katelyn Newberg/ Las Vegas Review Journal)
Raiders offensive tackle Trent Brown has been accused of domestic violence in a lawsuit filed earlier this week. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A woman is expected to survive after being shot in the back Saturday afternoon during a “domestic related” shooting in the south valley, Las Vegas police said. (Angus Kelly/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lt. Kirk Moore of the public information office of the city of Henderson police department speaks to the Review-Journal in Henderson, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Henderson saw a slight increase in homicides in the past year. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rihanna Rips Snapchat Over Ad Joking About Domestic Violence (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The new Safe Nest office and treatment center for those affected by domestic violence opened its doors on Dec. 7 at 3900 Meadows Lane. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Every year, LVMPD honors those who died at the hands of domestic violence. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas morning update for Thursday, August 10th — VIDEO
1. Two people are dead and another was shot in the head after an argument broke out over a game of dominoes at a northeast Las Vegas home Sunday night. After an argument began, a man went to his car to retrieve a gun and opened fire inside the home on the 4400 block of Wendy Street near East Craig and North Walnut roads. Two men in their 20s were killed and a third man in his 30s was shot in the head and is now stabilized. Police are still looking for the suspect.
2. A Las Vegas woman died from choking injuries Friday morning, according to the Clark County Coroner. On June 3, police were called to a break-in at a home on the 1900 block of Sirocco Court when an arriving officer said he found Stella Martinez on the ground being choked by her ex-boyfriend Christopher Wood. Police attempted to revive Martinez but she later died. Wood faces attempted murder, attempted burglary and domestic battery by strangulation charges.
3. A pedestrian has died after being struck by an SUV early Monday morning. Police responded to a call about the accident on Tropicana near Wilbur Street and Maryland Parkway around 2:30 a.m. Monday. The pedestrian later died at an area hospital.